Damon Hill defends Fernando Alonso amid “gamesmanship” George Russell incident

“I just think t𓄧hat this has༺ to be a part of the sport..."

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

Damon Hill has defended 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso  from accusations of “dastardly tricks♛” after his F1 Australian Grand Prix incident.

Aston Martin driver Alonso was hit with a 20-second time penalty last weekend in Melbourne, with the FIA citing “potentially dangerous driving” for a situation involving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

Heading into Turn 6, Alonso slowed down before accelerating and, although the two cars did not ma𝔉ke contact, R🍬ussell crashed out of the race.

Ex-F1 champ Hill told the F1 Nation podcast: ไ“I do think this is where we get into the difficult area of: what is racing and what are dastardly tricks?

“You have to assume that the FIA want to stop people doing things that are potentially dange🐭rous.

“But, then, it is dangerous! Motor racing is dang🍎e💧rous!

“You have to be careful when you’re going for a move on som♍eone, when you are closing on someone.

“You ha♛ve to be prepared for them to do things that are gamesmanship.

“I just t🍰hink that this has to be a part of🐼 the sport.

“Be🐠ing wary of an individual because they’ve got form? Or they are clever? Or whatever…

“I just think the idea that y💃ou’ve got to stop people doing anything 🃏unexpected… that’s not really racing.”

Martin Brundle had previously likened the incident to another involving Alonso, ag𓃲ainst David Coulthard in Germany in 2003.

Brundle wrote for : “Alonso popped his saintly halo on and went to see the Race Stewards, explaining how he intended to approach turn six differently for a better exit speed which included decelerati𝓰ng 100 metres earlier, brushing the brake, and even a downshift.

“This is what caught R🥀ussell out. We've seen Alonso do that before in Nurburgring in 2003 against David Coulthard, and he had e𒉰xactly the same playbook.”

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