It is a known fact that the relationship between Fernando Alonso and the FIA was never good. Since 2005, the Asturian and the sports commissioners (the judges) have had a tense relationship due to a long history of sanctions that on some occasions seemed unfair and affected the Spaniard’s chances in his fight for titles. The fact is that Alonso never opted for silence and respect for decisions and as the years have passed things have gotten worse. It is your right to do so, of course. And he has knowledge like no other. The fact is that the stewards who judge the actions on the track are usually different during each weekend and that usually brings disparity in criteria, apart from the fact that in this sport each corner and each action have very complex circumstances.
To try to avoid this, the FIA organizes each race with what is called a college of stewards, which has gone from three to four and includes one who has been a professional driver, especially in F1, to try to get closer to the reality of what pilots can do. A rule that football wants to implement in the VAR rooms so that in the video arbitration there is a former player who can transmit the sensations that the player may feel on the field. The fact is that in recent months the sanctions against Alonso have multiplied and the Aston Martin driver, last weekend, slipped an alleged persecution of everything that was Spanish, including Carlos Sainz, something that does not make any sense . And to avoid that, he stated before the microphones that he was going to speak with the president of the FIA, Ben Sulayem, so that the following generations of Spanish drivers would not have the same problems. It all came from the incident in which Alonso was involved in the sprint race, which he spoke about without having seen the images in detail and without anyone from his team telling him that the first touch came from his teammate and that that started a chain that ended up harming several drivers, especially Norris. It is true that Hamilton arrived “like a bull,” said Alonso, but if his teammate Stroll had not moved him several meters inside the curve, perhaps the Mercedes driver would not have touched him. Alonso told the press that they would not sanction Hamilton for not being Spanish… The next day, the FIA once again made several controversial decisions: the first was not to sanction Pérez’s tremendous braking at the start. It is true that it had no consequences, but several pilots, including Sainz, had to avoid him to avoid the crash. There wasn’t even a reprimand or points on the pilot’s license; The other controversial event was the sanction to Sainz at the end of the race. His collision with Piastri led him to make an overtake very close to the limit with the difference that, in the previous laps, when Sainz found himself overtaken, he avoided the collision, and Piastri did not. For the McLaren man there was no sanction, but for the Madrid man there was. This, contrary to what Alonso says, is not a question of being Spanish or not, it is the shameful disparity of criteria that has always existed in the FIA and its constant search for the interpretation of the regulations. What Alonso may be right about (although he has not said it) is the limited strength of Spanish motorsport in the Federation, which is practically nil, starting with the president, Manuel Aviñó, despite being vice president. Except for Alonso himself, the Sainz family (father and son) and a few others with a lot of weight in F1, the others are irrelevant despite having more or less bombastic positions in different commissions of the International Federation.
2024-05-06 20:07:54
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