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"2022 Austrian Grand Prix: Every driver's over the line team radio" (formula1.com)
头哥5:10
ALONSO ESCAPES PENALTY AFTER LOOSE WHEEL INVESTIGATION
15 hours ago
By Scott Mitchell
Fernando Alonso has not been punished after an investigation into whether his Alpine Formula 1 team released his car in an unsafe condition in the Austrian Grand Prix.
Alonso started 19th and finished 10th at the Red Bull Ring but reckoned he would have made further progress had he not needed to make two pitstops in two laps under a virtual safety car in the final part of the race.
The two-time world champion rejoined from his second pitstop in ninth place but returned immediately to the pits at the end of his outlap after suffering from a vibration, then had another set of tyres and rejoined the race without any further problems.
A post-race investigation from the stewards determined that Alonso’s front left wheel had come loose “by a small margin”.
Crucially though, the stewards found there was nothing to indicate that the pitstop was “anything other than a normal pitstop, including that the wheel concerned appears to fully engage and become fully tight”.
Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer had been confident this would be the case as he said Alpine has new pitstop equipment that means “once the wheel’s on, it can’t come off unless you gun it off”.
The stewards’ analysis of video footage found that Alonso’s wheel “slightly disengages from the car, by a very small amount” after Turn 3, and it is after that moment that Alonso tells the team he needs to pit again.
Post-race assessments of the wheel and axle from the FIA’s technical delegate and head of single-seater technical matters determined the damage was consistent with a parts failure after the car left the pits.
The stewards therefore determined the wheel was fully fitted at the pitstop and all the retention systems worked as designed, so have taken no further action against Alonso.
Their verdict also clarifies suspicions about how Alonso handled the situation over the radio.
There was no significant radio communication between Alonso and Alpine once he felt the vibration and he did not specify that he had a problem, only informing the team: “Box again.”
He was asked why but only said “box again” and was given the OK to make another stop, then once in the pitlane told the team to check the front left.
This raised suspicions Alonso thought one of his wheels was incorrectly fitted but was keen to avoid an overt admission of that as this is something the FIA has a zero-tolerance policy over.
But Szafnauer insisted after the race Alonso was not thinking in such terms and the stewards accepted that Alonso was not trying to disguise the situation.
Alonso argued he could “not see the rim of the wheel and that all he felt was a small vibration” which the stewards found was consistent with the video, in which “the movement of the tyre was hardly distinguishable”.
The implication is that Alonso would have had no way of knowing the wheel had come loose.
As for Alonso’s “check left front” message, he told the stewards that “it felt worse when he turned to the right than when he turned to the left, but that there was still nothing obvious from his vantage point”.
Alonso escapes penalty after loose wheel investigation - The Race (the-race.com)
"2022 Austrian Grand Prix: Every driver's over the line team radio" (formula1.com)
头哥5:10
ALONSO ESCAPES PENALTY AFTER LOOSE WHEEL INVESTIGATION
15 hours ago
By Scott Mitchell
Fernando Alonso has not been punished after an investigation into whether his Alpine Formula 1 team released his car in an unsafe condition in the Austrian Grand Prix.
Alonso started 19th and finished 10th at the Red Bull Ring but reckoned he would have made further progress had he not needed to make two pitstops in two laps under a virtual safety car in the final part of the race.
The two-time world champion rejoined from his second pitstop in ninth place but returned immediately to the pits at the end of his outlap after suffering from a vibration, then had another set of tyres and rejoined the race without any further problems.
A post-race investigation from the stewards determined that Alonso’s front left wheel had come loose “by a small margin”.
Crucially though, the stewards found there was nothing to indicate that the pitstop was “anything other than a normal pitstop, including that the wheel concerned appears to fully engage and become fully tight”.
Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer had been confident this would be the case as he said Alpine has new pitstop equipment that means “once the wheel’s on, it can’t come off unless you gun it off”.
The stewards’ analysis of video footage found that Alonso’s wheel “slightly disengages from the car, by a very small amount” after Turn 3, and it is after that moment that Alonso tells the team he needs to pit again.
Post-race assessments of the wheel and axle from the FIA’s technical delegate and head of single-seater technical matters determined the damage was consistent with a parts failure after the car left the pits.
The stewards therefore determined the wheel was fully fitted at the pitstop and all the retention systems worked as designed, so have taken no further action against Alonso.
Their verdict also clarifies suspicions about how Alonso handled the situation over the radio.
There was no significant radio communication between Alonso and Alpine once he felt the vibration and he did not specify that he had a problem, only informing the team: “Box again.”
He was asked why but only said “box again” and was given the OK to make another stop, then once in the pitlane told the team to check the front left.
This raised suspicions Alonso thought one of his wheels was incorrectly fitted but was keen to avoid an overt admission of that as this is something the FIA has a zero-tolerance policy over.
But Szafnauer insisted after the race Alonso was not thinking in such terms and the stewards accepted that Alonso was not trying to disguise the situation.
Alonso argued he could “not see the rim of the wheel and that all he felt was a small vibration” which the stewards found was consistent with the video, in which “the movement of the tyre was hardly distinguishable”.
The implication is that Alonso would have had no way of knowing the wheel had come loose.
As for Alonso’s “check left front” message, he told the stewards that “it felt worse when he turned to the right than when he turned to the left, but that there was still nothing obvious from his vantage point”.
Alonso escapes penalty after loose wheel investigation - The Race (the-race.com)
Fernando Alonso wins the hardest-earned point of the weekend
Fernando Alonso’s car failing to start in the sprint race cost him the P8 grid spot he earned in Friday’s qualifying
Fernando Alonso offered a lesson in perseverance at the Red Bull Ring, clearing obstacle after obstacle to score a point for tenth.
That’s a respectable enough result after he started from the back of the grid, but the two-time world champion he was clearly gutted after the race, knowing he could have done better.
Alonso and Alpine came into the weekend confident of a strong performance and saved all their soft tyres during the first practice session so they could blitz qualifying and the team was clear of midfield rivals McLaren, with Ocon starting the sprint race fifth and Alonso eighth on the grid.
But eighth on the grid Alonso remained when his car wouldn’t start for the formation lap and he was wheeled into the pits, not to re-emerge that afternoon.
It put him to the back of the grid for the Grand Prix, where he was poised to deliver one of his trademark charges. By lap 18 he was in the top ten and battling in the five-car fight. On lap 33, he was wagging his finger at Yuki Tsunoda for squeezing him off the track as he went past.
And he looked to be finally in luck when Carlos Sainz’s flaming Ferrari triggered a virtual safety car. Having only used hard tyres up to that point, it reduced the time loss for his final pitstop to fit another compound (medium) as required.
That dropped him from seventh to ninth — with fresher rubber and within striking distance of Norris and Magnussen ahead. But nothing would run smoothly at the Red Bull Ring. He felt huge vibrations on the new tyres and had to stop again, tumbling down to 14th.
Despite still scraping a point, Alonso was left rueing the race. “We could have been P6, P7,” said Alonso over team radio. “Speechless man, so difficult to understand many things this season.”
Who was the most unfortunate driver at the Austrian GP? — What you missed - Motor Sport Magazine
Fernando Alonso wins the hardest-earned point of the weekend
Fernando Alonso’s car failing to start in the sprint race cost him the P8 grid spot he earned in Friday’s qualifying
Fernando Alonso offered a lesson in perseverance at the Red Bull Ring, clearing obstacle after obstacle to score a point for tenth.
That’s a respectable enough result after he started from the back of the grid, but the two-time world champion he was clearly gutted after the race, knowing he could have done better.
Alonso and Alpine came into the weekend confident of a strong performance and saved all their soft tyres during the first practice session so they could blitz qualifying and the team was clear of midfield rivals McLaren, with Ocon starting the sprint race fifth and Alonso eighth on the grid.
But eighth on the grid Alonso remained when his car wouldn’t start for the formation lap and he was wheeled into the pits, not to re-emerge that afternoon.
It put him to the back of the grid for the Grand Prix, where he was poised to deliver one of his trademark charges. By lap 18 he was in the top ten and battling in the five-car fight. On lap 33, he was wagging his finger at Yuki Tsunoda for squeezing him off the track as he went past.
And he looked to be finally in luck when Carlos Sainz’s flaming Ferrari triggered a virtual safety car. Having only used hard tyres up to that point, it reduced the time loss for his final pitstop to fit another compound (medium) as required.
That dropped him from seventh to ninth — with fresher rubber and within striking distance of Norris and Magnussen ahead. But nothing would run smoothly at the Red Bull Ring. He felt huge vibrations on the new tyres and had to stop again, tumbling down to 14th.
Despite still scraping a point, Alonso was left rueing the race. “We could have been P6, P7,” said Alonso over team radio. “Speechless man, so difficult to understand many things this season.”
Who was the most unfortunate driver at the Austrian GP? — What you missed - Motor Sport Magazine
Started: 6th Finished: 5th
QUALIFYING
Put the Alpine at the front of the midfield pack, which was the best he could have done, which added up to fifth thanks to problems for Perez and Hamilton. Would have faced a challenge from Alonso, whose mistake on his opening lap put him out of contention
SPRINT
Held fifth in the early stages before inevitably being passed by Perez. Stayed a comfortably sixth to the end, although he was forced to stop shortly after crossing the line with a fuel pump problem.
RACE
Didn’t put a foot wrong in a relatively uneventful run to fifth, with his late loss of fourth to Russell unavoidable given the Mercedes pace advantage.
Verdict: Did an excellent job throughout to bank the best possible result on all three days.
Started: 19th Finished: 10th
QUALIFYING
Had a strong run through Q1 and Q2, but tried to pinch a little too much extra track on entry to Turn 1 on his first Q3 lap, resulting in him running wide and clouting the sausage kerb at the exit. That gave him some light floor damage that restricted him to eighth.
SPRINT
An electrical problem meant Alonso was unable to start.
RACE
Started on the back row and took the chance to take a ‘free’ power unit change. Started on hards and ran to lap 27, committing to a two-stopper by taking hards again. The VSC was well-timed, allowing him to take mediums and rejoin ninth, but he sharply spotted a loose wheel and came back in for another stop. That dropped him to 14th, but he picked off Stroll, Gasly, Albon and Bottas in the final 12 laps to salvage a point.
Verdict: Fast but unlucky, although his rating is hit by the self-inflicted Q3 damage.
Edd Straw's 2022 F1 Austrian Grand Prix driver ratings - The Race (the-race.com)
Started: 6th Finished: 5th
QUALIFYING
Put the Alpine at the front of the midfield pack, which was the best he could have done, which added up to fifth thanks to problems for Perez and Hamilton. Would have faced a challenge from Alonso, whose mistake on his opening lap put him out of contention
SPRINT
Held fifth in the early stages before inevitably being passed by Perez. Stayed a comfortably sixth to the end, although he was forced to stop shortly after crossing the line with a fuel pump problem.
RACE
Didn’t put a foot wrong in a relatively uneventful run to fifth, with his late loss of fourth to Russell unavoidable given the Mercedes pace advantage.
Verdict: Did an excellent job throughout to bank the best possible result on all three days.
Started: 19th Finished: 10th
QUALIFYING
Had a strong run through Q1 and Q2, but tried to pinch a little too much extra track on entry to Turn 1 on his first Q3 lap, resulting in him running wide and clouting the sausage kerb at the exit. That gave him some light floor damage that restricted him to eighth.
SPRINT
An electrical problem meant Alonso was unable to start.
RACE
Started on the back row and took the chance to take a ‘free’ power unit change. Started on hards and ran to lap 27, committing to a two-stopper by taking hards again. The VSC was well-timed, allowing him to take mediums and rejoin ninth, but he sharply spotted a loose wheel and came back in for another stop. That dropped him to 14th, but he picked off Stroll, Gasly, Albon and Bottas in the final 12 laps to salvage a point.
Verdict: Fast but unlucky, although his rating is hit by the self-inflicted Q3 damage.
Edd Straw's 2022 F1 Austrian Grand Prix driver ratings - The Race (the-race.com)
