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 the Bahrain Inte✱rnational Circuit is well underway with all 10 tea🦂ms in action.

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

On Tuesday, Alonso sat alongside Russell as they answered quest✅ions 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 given just three four-hour sessions each ahead of the first race.

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

During his answer, Alonso stated that the budget for F1 teams is around $200 million, when in fact the bu✃dget 💞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 c🦩hange the racket 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 tꦺalking in the most sophisticated 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 dr♋iver alongside you. So it’s more than £200m probably for Mercedes, with your teammate.”

Driver salaries don't currently ༺contribute to a team's overall budget - within F1's finan🐓cial regulations.