Alonso’s brutal blow to Ocon and the FIA

ANDThe last Austrian Grand Prix left behind some great duels between drivers. The most striking took place at the head of the race between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, which ended with the Englishman’s elimination from the fight.. Before this there was a Another battle involving two Alpines, and Fernando Alonso was able to see everything from a very close distance..

Unlike the first-versus-second duel in the World Championship, neither car of the French team was damaged. They both finished the race, Gasly scored one point for tenth place, while Ocon had to settle for twelfth place, outside the points zone.Although the incident did not damage the cars, the team was very angry about what happened.

Alonso took part in the battle

Fernando was involved in the battle because he was ahead of the two Alpine riders when it started. At this point they warned him over the radio about the strategy of the two cars behind him and asked him to try to stay ahead.The former Alpha Tauri arrived with a better pace than both and began an offensive to get past them and fight for entry into the points zone.

Up until this point, everything was going well because Aston Martin had no rhythm at the Red Bull Ring and the Asturian lost this battle. The problem came with Esteban Ocon, who, having overtaken Fernando, tried to maintain his position and to do so closed the Aston Martin, while Gasly overtook him on the outside.At this point, the two Alpines continued shooting and began their own private war.

Once the two Alpines had passed Fernando, they were both fighting for position, Ocon on the inside and Gasly on the outside. When the time came, 31 had no hesitation in pushing his teammate off the track. Alonso had a pretty good time as a spectator and said “wow” to his team on the radio..

This was not the only message the Asturian was going to transmit by radio. Since in this attack between the Alps, Ocon made a very dangerous maneuver that caused the Aston Martin driver to brake in the middle of the straight. “I almost had a serious accident, luckily I took my foot off the accelerator. Imagine if I had done that… How many seconds?”– the Asturian commented on the radio to his team, leaving a message for the FIA ​​and its sanctions.

Fernando Alonso was unhappy with the sanctions imposed by the FIA, as Ocon completed the Austrian Grand Prix without sanctions after an incident that could have cost him the race. Ironically, The Asturian asked his team what would have happened if he had forced another rider to brake like that..

The one who got the sanction in this race was Fernando himself for the incident with Zhou. The Aston Martin driver braked later than the Sauber driver, locked up and eventually crashed. It meant a 10-second penalty, which made Fernando’s race even more difficult as he finished 18th – the same sanction Verstappen received after the collision with Norris that sent the Englishman out of the race.