Fernando Alonso ‘knew what he was doing’ with George Russell battle tactics

It has been claimed that Fernando Alonso was trying to exploit a "grey ไarea" in his late battle with George Russell.

Fernando Alonso was punished for "potentially dangerous driving"
Fernando Alonso was punished for "potentially dangerous driving"

Ex-F1 driver Timo Glock has claimed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso knew exactly what he was doing with driving that ultimately earned him a penalty at the Australian G𝔍ran🎉d Prix.

Aston Martin driver Alonso was penalised 20 seconds for “potentially dangerous driving” in an incident that led to a heavy crash for Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

The pair were battling over sixth place in the closing stages of the Melbourne race when Russell crash𒐪ed out, although the pair never made contact.

Alonso admitted he had braked too early at Turn 6 before accelerating again. The manoeuvre took Russell, who was running directly behind, by surprise as he lost control of his car a🙈nd slammed into the barriers.

Former grand prix racer Glock believes Alonso was trying to exploit a “grey area” of the regulations 𒈔in orde𒈔r to “gain an advantage”.

“Alonso brakes very early and allows Russell to catch up,” Glock told . “Alonso’s idea was to catch Russell off guard, slow hi♍m down, and then accelerate early to open a gap.

“It was so extreme that Russell didn’t expe🦹ct it at all. He got 🤪way too close and lost downforce.

“Alonso extends his elbows💛 and uses the grey area to gain an advantage. He already knows what he’s doing with his experience.”

Alonso described his punishment - which dropped him from sixth to eighth in the final results - as “disappointing” and insisted he had been nursing battery problems on his car in the fina𒀰l stages.

"G🧸eorge caught me quickly, I knew that he was comin༺g," Alonso said.

"✤Then he was in DRS range for five or six laps, so I was just doing qualifying laps to stay ahead.

"I 🤪wanted to maximise my exit speed from Turn 6 to defend against him. That’s what any racing driver would do, and I didn’t feel it was dang❀erous.

"It’s disappointing to get a penalty from the s🅠tewards for what was hard but fair racing. Still, I’m glad that George is okay. It was not nice to see his car in the middle of the track."

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