Alonso: “I respected the rules, he didn’t”

The accident involving Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen will have had consequences well beyond this collision (see video). If eight drivers, during the race, were placed under investigation for having – undoubtedly – ​​returned to the pit too quickly, second place in the European Grand Prix was also decided at that time. Lewis Hamilton, who saw the safety car come to his level at the exit of the pits, put on the accelerator again and doubled the Mercedes to go ahead. Nearly thirty minutes later, the Briton received a pit stop penalty. By struggling during the three laps preceding his stop, Hamilton managed to come out in second position, his final classification.

Fernando Alonso, at the end of the race, was angry both with Lewis Hamilton but also and especially with the race management. “ This is the first time in my life that I have seen a driver overtake a safety car under a yellow flag. », confides Alonso to AUTOhebdo.fr, very angry. “ I don't understand why the decision to inflict a drive through on him comes twenty laps later! The only thing I noticed was that I was a second behind him before the safety car arrived, and he finished second and I finished ninth. I respected the rules, he didn't. »

In addition, the Spanish driver believes that his second part of the race was disrupted by this incident, he who thought that the Briton would come out behind him after having carried out his pit stop penalty. “ Of course it disturbed me! Anyway, after my pit stop, my race was already ruined. I'm disappointed for all the fans who came to watch the race. »