LONDON: Fernando Alonso said it was ridiculous for Formula One to allow only a day and a half of pre-season testing per driver when teams spent fortunes on such sophisticated cars.
Even that limited amount was reduced for some drivers during the testing in Bahrain — with the 10 teams each running a single car — ended early due to a loose drain cover.
The afternoon session was extended by an hour, but those who handed over to team mates lost out.
“It is difficult to understand how we can have one day and a half each driver, which is going to be one day and a quarter now after this morning, to prepare our championship,” said Aston Martin’s Alonso.
“It’s like in football or tennis you change the racket, the balls and everything before a tournament or a season and you let the players test all the equipment one day before a Grand Slam.
“We are talking about the most sophisticated sport and 200 million budget per team a year and things like that. It seems all ridiculous.” (Reuters)
