Fernando Alonso was penalised by the F1 Stewards at the hungaroring on Friday for dangerous driving in front of Robert Doornbos during free practice. Apart from the Spaniards incident with Doornbos, Alonso also overtook him under yellow flags. Both incidents will cost him one second each during qualifying. The angry hand gestures at Doornbos were similar to those directed against championship rival Michael Schumacher in the Hockenheim pit lane a week ago. A statement said the reigning World Champion’s antics were ‘unnecessary, unacceptable and dangerous’, while Alonso (also) also overtook under a yellow flag.
The Spaniard will have two seconds added to his lap times in each of the three sections of knockout qualifying on Saturday, which could leave his Renault car stranded down the grid on a circuit that is notoriously difficult to pass on. For Alonso it will be almost impossible now to make it to the final knock-out round in qualifying with a total of two seconds being added on his qualifying time.
Before, Alonso was summoned to the Stewards’ room in Budapest after fist waving and erratic driving by brake testing Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos in the free afternoon session. The Spaniard, who furiously waved his fist after being blocked by Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos in free practice, then appeared to drive erratically in front of the Dutchman and brake test him into turn one. Alonso emerged from the Stewards room to the journalists saying he was totally surprised by the events. Explaining his fury at Doornbos, he claimed that ‘backmarkers take so long (to move over) and they don’t look in the mirror too much’.
Before this verdict was announced Renault boss Flavio Briatore said referring to the mass damper saga that the FIA is trying to manipulate the title fight. He also questioned the federation’s motives for deeming the technology illegal nearly a full year after it first debuted in F1. The Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport that they will run without the mass dampers, because they do not want to be blackmailed by the federation. The FIA is playing against us, it is absurd that the rules are changed like this half-way through the season. The FIA should only be an arbitrator, instead they try to distort the World Championship.
This clearly tells that Fernando Alonso is beginning to loose his cool in the midst of the 2006 title fight and Renault beginning to feel the pressure as rivals Ferrari and Michael Schumacher are in full swing. After comming out from the stewards meeting Alonso also said reporters that
The same things happen in every test, every practice and every race, But for some reason, this weekend it seems important.
What an idiot you are Alonso. It doesnt happen anywhere like that. You should know that the whole world is watching and you must realize that you are a World Champion sadly. You dont deserve to be a Champion in my view. #.#.#.