Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso hit out at Williams’ Alex Albon and said the standard of drivers within the backside third of the grid is “very low” after the pair collided at the USA Grand Prix.
Albon tried to overhaul Alonso for twelfth place into the Flip 11 hairpin on the opening lap, however went into the aspect of the Aston Martin driver, damaging each vehicles.
Neither driver obtained a penalty and each have been capable of proceed with Alonso ending sixteenth and Albon in seventeenth in Austin.
“Albon forgot Flip 11 was there and he needed to flip left,” mentioned Alonso.
“We have to get higher and begin a bit bit greater up as a result of the underside third of the grid, the standard of the drivers may be very low in the mean time.”
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Alonso certified twelfth, his joint-best Saturday results of the season, and thinks factors have been on the playing cards if not for the injury, which value him round half a second per lap.
“It was the perfect race by far of the yr for us when it comes to competitiveness. Good tyre administration. We received numerous injury on Lap 1 with the Albon incident,” he mentioned.
“Regardless of that, the automobile was nonetheless aggressive. We had a P9 or P10 on benefit. One of the best and strongest race of the yr however ruined within the first lap with the Flip 11 incident.”
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Albon felt he didn’t want have to apologise for the collision with Alonso as Esteban Ocon was on the surface of the Spaniard and likewise performed a task within the incident.
“It is racing. I feel there was a automobile on his outdoors that squeezed [him]. I used to be aspect by aspect with him the entire method into the nook. It is arduous to vanish,” mentioned the Williams driver.
“I believed we had some good racing. We had a second go at it later within the race. I loved it at the least. I hope he feels the identical method on the second half. It was good enjoyable.”
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