Fernando Alonso cheerfully accepted the sanction that left him without a podium in Saudi Arabia, the 100th point of his career. The news reached Fernando, which deprived him of third place when he doubled his first 5″ penalty because he thought he didn’t quite fit in at the pit stop. had already shared photos and champagne with Pérez and Verstappen. In Jeddah’s drawer. That’s why Asturian took it better than expected.
“sanction? I don’t care if they take ‘Bailao’ from us. We managed to celebrate the podium with all our sponsors and became the second fastest car on the track after Red Bull,” said Fernando, in his statements to DAZN after learning of the FIA’s decision.
“I don’t know if it will stay that way, because apparently The team disagrees… The same thing, the officers had 35 rounds to think about it and deliver that punishment. If they had told me over the radio earlier, I would have pushed harder at the end of the race because I had more and was controlling Mercedes and Ferrari the way I wanted.
“I made a mistake because of my position on the grid, I went too far to the left. Then with the second penalty, the FIA did a pretty bad job, they were bad because they had one hour and by the way We took the podium with champagne and sponsorsThe two-time Spanish champion insisted. “Maybe it hurts that they took it away from you after fighting for him on the track, but I’m happy because after the Red Bulls we were once again the best.” ”