Fernando Alonso assured Australia tactics won’t “impact” his F1 future

Will Fernando Alonso𝓰's chances of securing a Mercedes seat 💫be impacted by his Australia tactics?

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR24 on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix,
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR24 on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok doesn’t think 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso’s tactics at the Australian Grand Prix will stop other teams from sign🐈ing him for 2♛025.

𝐆Alonso was hit with 🌸a 20-second time penalty after the race by the stewards for "an unusual manoeuvre".

The incident occurred when Alonso was at Turn 6, he lifted off significantly, which impacted 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s approach to the corner.

Russell was distracted and impacted by the dirty air created from Alonso’s Aston Martin, resulting in the Mercedes driver crashing🦩 out.

While Russ🔯ell didn’t have contact with Alonso or even take evasive action, the stewards described it as “potentially dangerous”.

As a result, he was hit with a drive-through penalty - which was converted to 20 seconds - droppin🔥g from si♐xth to eighth.

Alonso has protested his innocence sinc🐎e, while Aston Martin boss Mike Krack put out a passionate statement in his defence.

W𝓰riting for Sky’s F1 website, Chandhok dismissed suggestions🏅 that Alonso’s antics in Australia could impact his chances of other teams signing him.

"No, I don't think so. Fernando is a ruthless, brilliant and smar𒉰t competitor,” Chandhok wro⛎te.

"Alonso is a tough competitor who has a sort of win-a෴t-all-costs approach. And I guess any team who signs him♉ up is signing him up for that. So I don't think it has any impact on the future.

"I think ꦛwhatever happens the future, will be a decision independent of this incident in Melbourne. I don't think a single incident like this will make a team s🎀ign or not sign a driver."

There was much debate over whether Alonso deserved a penalty in the first place given there was no contact with Russell and similar𝓰 tactics have been deployed by other drivers in the past.

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park,
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3,…

Chandhok felt the unpredictable nature of Alonso’s𝓡 actions was the reason why Alonso was penalised.

"Thereꦡ's a way to drive tactically, and there's a way that goes slightly beyond what is being judged as fair, and in this instance, it feels like that was the case,” he added.

"If I look at Alonso's example of Imola 2005 that he cited, that was brilliant tactical driving by him, positioning the🔜 car in the right place at the right time, slowing the corner entry to get a better exit. But it was done in a predictable manner, and I think that is the keyword here, predictable.

"A lot of people have referenced Kevin Magnussen's driving in Jeddah, questioning how it was okay for him to intentionally slow down the field there🐟, but Alonso got done for the move in Melbourne. There was a predictability in what Magnus🐠sen was doing. He was driving in a tactical way, slowing down mid-corner in long radius corners where there was only one line, so nobody had the opportunity to overtake him. But it was done in a way that the cars behind knew what he was doing.

"In Fernando's case, looking at some of the GPS data as well, what's quite clear is, in contrast to his own driving in the previous few laps, he seemed to back off and brake significantly earlie🍷r on this lap and then accelerated and braked again. And that's where the unpredictability came in for George.

"I think any driver on the planet would have obviously tried to brake early to get a good exit, I think where this perhaps crossed the line is it was so much earlier, so much so that he in fact had to speed up agai✨n."

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