Ferrari F1 boss says Fernando Alonso would have been 'more vocal' about Charles Leclerc incident if roles reversed
Alonso ran wide through the gravel after making a mistake at Turn 2 on the 33rd lap of Sunday’s race at Qatar, before aggressively chopping in front of Leclerc’s Ferrari as🌄 he rejoined the track.
The Aston Martin driver w🦋as reprimanded by the stewards for what they deemed to be an “unsafe” move.
Vasseur was critical of Alonso after the race and suggested the Spaniard would have made a bigger deal out of the incident had thing🌱s been the other way around.
“If it was in the opposite I think that Fernando w൲ould have been more than vocal on the radio, that his life was ‘really on the edge’ and so and so,” Vasse♏ur said.
“I think it was far too much coming from nowher𒊎e and crossing the track at 90 degrees, but it’s🍌 not my decision.”
But Leclerc, who ultimately finished 10 seconds ahead of Alonso 𓆏in sixth, downplayed the incident.
“It w𒀰as on the limit, yes. But on the other hand, he was so far off that I don’t think he saw me at any point,” he explained.
🎶“Then coming back, it’s not the🎶 best way to rejoin the track, but at the same time I don’t think he was aware that I was there.”
Alonso acknowledged his error, saying: “I lost tꦗhe car, it was my mistake. I was struggling a little bit with on-off grip in the car at the moment.
“So yeah it was my mistake, a costly mistake, maybe one🐼 or two places. So hopefully next time better.”
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