Fernando Alonso, the two-time world champion and driver for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team, has offered his thoughts on the penalty received by Dutch driver Max Verstappen during qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.
The 27-year-old Verstappen was penalized for inadvertently blocking George Russell fꦓrom Mercedes AMG Petronas on a slow lap, which hindered Russell's performance. As a result, Verstappen lost his pole position to Russell.
The Athletic quotes Alonso as saying:
Verstappen was slow, but George was on a slow lap as well. If that's the case, I'll speed up towards my rival on my warm-up lap in Abu Dhabi and ask for him to be punished.
On December 1, during the race at the Lusail Circuit in Doha, Verstappen,🎃 starting from the second position, managed to win the Qatar Grand Prix. The Dutch driver has already secured his fourth c🌱onsecutive world championship title. Alonso finished the race in sixth place.
