“It’s not fair to only give a day and a half of testing, I don’t understand that.”

FHernando Alonso reiterated what he usually does every pre-season: the injustice of training on a new car for one and a half days for each driver before the first race.

From 21 to 23 February This triple day of testing will take place in Sakhir (Bahrain), in which a breakdown or any setback, not at all illogical for new cars, practically knocks out the pre-season.

“I’ve been thinking about this all winter, how unfair it is that we only have a day and a half to prepare for the World Cup,” he assured the media in recent days.

“There is no other sport in the world where all the money is involved. and with all the marketing and good words we say about Formula 1 and being closer to the fans, in which it happens“Adds Aston Martin.

“I can’t understand why we don’t go to Bahrain for four days, but for the riders it could be two or two days. If you go to three, which isn’t an even number, and it’s an odd number, you won’t be able to split it among the drivers.“Calculates the Asturian, driven by demons, who came from a time when they rode almost without restrictions before and during the season, and who saw his days reduced to almost zero, as they are now.

“And I don’t know why we don’t go with two cars. Because we’re already in Bahrain and we’re racing next week and they’re there,” he says, as they can only ride one that each rider will use. alternate.

Your good friend George Russell also president of the GPDA, defends his partner and rival, citing an example also “bought” from Fernando himself: “Can you imagine Rafael Nadal spent 12 weeks without the ball and then went straight to Roland Garros in one and a half days of training? “It’s just never going to happen.”

“I understand why we’re doing this, but I think three days on two machines is probably a good solution,” he concludes.