Fernando Alonso scolds F1 for ‘shooting itself in the foot’ with “embarrassing” FP1 issue at Canadian GP
Friday’s running i🦩n Montreal was heavily dis൩rupted after the first session was wrecked by a technical problem with the track CCTV which led to FP1 being shortened with almost no meaningful running completed by the teams.
Off🔴ici🐟als took the decision to extend the second session by half an hour to 90 minutes in a bid to help teams make up for some of the lost track time.
Asked if Aston Martin had learned what th♍ey needed to, an unimpressed Alonso replied: “No, not at all. It was a shame, it was not ideal for the teams.
“But mostly for 💯the fans, they came very early t🅺o the circuit and we were not able to run in FP1.
“From time-to-time, it seem꧒s that we are shooting in🌌 our feet as a sport. These things are a little bit embarrassing.”
The two-time world champion was surprised F1 did not have a contingency plan in place and said he was unab🅘le to get a proper feel for Aston Martin’s🦩 upgrades.
“We didn’t have time because FP1, unfortunately the cameras or whatever didn’t work ღand we didn’t hꦗave a Plan-B in all this time in this sport,” he added.
F1 and the FIA did devise a solution which would have utilised FOM trackside cameras to ensure FP2 took place oꩲn time.
But the backup system was not needed in the end after the issue was resolved by local organisers before the session commence🅘d.
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