Fernando Alonso: "We will try to help the FIA ​​so that the tow truck does not happen again"

MADRID, 9 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (Alpine) has assured that this Sunday, at the Japanese Grand Prix, it has been "difficult" for the International Automobile Federation (FIA), after the departure of a crane to the track to remove the Carlos Sainz's car (Ferrari) was about to cause an accident to Frenchman Gasly (AlphaTauri), and he has stated that they will try to "help" the body so that misfortunes like Jules Bianchi's in 2014 do not occur.

"I think it's been a difficult Sunday for the FIA, now Max is world champion, 20 minutes ago he wasn't, and that sums up a bit what was on Sunday," he told DAZN. "We have to talk to the FIA. After 2014 and the Jules -Bianchi- accident, the whole system changed so that this would never happen again," he added.

French driver Jules Bianchi died after nine months in a coma as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, when he collided with a crane that was recovering another car on the Japanese Suzuka circuit.

"That we have seen a tow truck on the track today, it doesn't matter if there is a safety car or not... The tow truck only has to go out on the track when the cars are in the pitlane or with the race neutralized. We will try to help the FIA ​​and see how it happened and who gave the order," he continued.

The Asturian also analyzed his performance in Suzuka, where he was finally seventh, just 11 thousandths behind the German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin). "The whole weekend has been weird and the race had to be this way. At the beginning with the extreme tires we stopped too late to put on the intermediates and I lost some position," he said.

“Then we decided to make another stop with six laps to go, we were a lap or two short of gaining any position. You are completely satisfied," he concluded.