The F1 Australian GP radio message that underlined Fernando Alonso’s genius

Just moments after being spun out of third place by Ferrari’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Carlos Sainz at the chaotic fin🍎al standing restart - which led to Sunday’s race being stopped for a third time - Alonso was able to immediately recite F1’s rule book and refer to the principle that was applied at last year’s red-flagged British Grand Prix.&♏nbsp;
“Stupid rule! How the hell you ca📖n put a red flag before?” the Aston Martin dꦗriver said over team radio.
“Maybe it’s be☂cauཧse we don’t complete a lap, we go back to the same positions. It happened in Silverstone.”
Alonso’s race engineer Chris Cronin responded: “Yes, we’re looking at that mate. We’re on ꦕthat. We’re already on that. Just get the ca💎r back. Do you think there’s damage?”
Alonso replied: “Nah, 🦄it’s okay. The car is okay.”
The two-time world champion aꦿdded: “Check this immediately. They should do it. They should ******* do it.”

As it turned out, Alonso was correct. This was because the entire field had not completed the first seဣctor of the lap before the third and f🅺inal red flag.
Article 57.3 of the sporting regulations states: "In all cases the order will be taken at the last point at which it was possible 🦂to determine the position of all cars."
This rule was also applied for the standing restart at Silverstone last year following 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu’s terrifying first-lap shunt.
Race control confirmed the order of the cars for the final processional lap to the chequered flag behind the Safety Car would be the same as the grid for the previous restart, but with the crashed cars removed🌊.
As Alonso was still able to continue despite having dropped to P11, he took the rolling restart in third place, meaning he sealed his third consec♉utive podium finish.
T🍒he message highlighted Alonso’s remarkable capacity to think of any possible outcome he can take advantage of and benefit from🐭.


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