168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso has poked fun at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell in an amusing exchange about Mercedes’ F1 budget, making reference to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s salary.

F1 pre-season testing at the𒊎 Bahrain In𒐪ternational Circuit is well underway with all 10 teams in action.

As part of the on-track action,𒁏 a number of drivers and team personnel speak to ꧒the media in between the two sessions.

On Tuesday, Alonso sat alongside Russell as they answered questions about their respective ♌teams.

The two-time world champion has been vocal in the fact there’s not enough testing time ahead of seasons, with drivers ꦗgiven just three four-hour sessions each ahead of the first race.

Alonso made a comparison to other sports such as football and tennis - where players get to practise and prepare significantly more than F1 drivers, who get jus♉t a few days in the car.

During his answer, Alonso stated that the budget ꦐfor𒁏 F1 teams is around $200 million, when in fact the budget cap means can only spend $135 million - something Russell pointed out.

Alonso was🅺 quick to fire a quip back at Russell, indirectly mentioning his Mercedes teammate, Hamilton.

“In football or tennis you change the rack🃏et or balls or everything before the tournament or before a season and you let the players test all the equipment one day before a grand slam,” Alonso said.

“We are talking in the most sop�෴�histicated sport, $200m budget per team a year and things like that.”

Russell interjected: “Our budget is $135m.”

Alonso then joked: “Yeah, but you have a very expensive driver alongside you🎃. So it’s more than £200m probably for Mercedes, with your teammate.”

Dr♍iver salaries don't currently contribute to a team's overall budget - within F1's financial regulat🅘ions.