"There were higher expectations of following cars and maybe having the grid a little bit closer together, but I think we need to give a little bit more time."Īsked why overtaking seemed harder this year, Alonso said: "I think because we are very close in terms of performance. "It's a good question," the Aston Martin driver said. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said the sport needed to look into what it can do about the last race in Azerbaijan being "boring".Īlonso was asked whether he felt the new cars - which develop their performance from an underfloor aerodynamic feature known as 'ground effect' - were the right way to go. He added: "Maybe this is the story in a few years' time when we have some stability in the rules.į1 changed its technical rules for the 2022 season to try to bring the field closer together and make overtaking easier.īut although the cars have been able to run closer to each other, Red Bull have dominated and the racing seems little different.
And maybe then we would be saying the rules were a success." Fernando Alonso says Formula 1 should give its rules more time before taking action to try to fix the lack of on-track entertainment.īut the two-time world champion added that Red Bull's advantage over the field, the closeness of the rest of the cars and the fragility of tyres were all to blame.Īlonso said: "If Red Bull were not so far ahead, it is a very interesting fight with three or four teams within 0.1-0.2secs.
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