Fernando Alonso has given his version of events following his much-talked about overtake on team-mate Felipe Massa in Germany. Having won at Hockenheim for the second time, the Spaniard has explained that he is unsure why the Brazilian slowed on Lap 48 of 67.
With Race Engineer Rob Smedley having clearly informed Massa that Alonso was faster, before apologising after the pass, the former double World Champion was questioned on the moment in the post-race press conference.
“I think it was a good weekend, overall,” he began. “We did improve the car a lot and immediately from Friday it felt very competitive, all of the setup adjustments felt very good. In the race as well we’ve been competitive, performing very well – at some points we were fighting for third and it was a little bit dangerous but in the end there were no more risky manoeuvres.”
When specifically asked to explain his side of the story which almost all in the paddock are dubbing as team orders, illegal under current regulations, Fernando commented:
“Well I think, I don’t what happened at the exit of Turn 6. I saw Felipe was a little bit slow and had to overtake with the only opportunity I had. It’s a very difficult circuit to overtake on and I took the chance I had – at that point I overtook the other car and then there were some other cars to lap, some risk at times, but it was not an easy race.
“I think sometimes you are quick, sometimes slow, depending on what the tyres are. At some parts I was maybe quicker than him and sometimes he was quicker and pulling away from Sebastian (Vettel) and I, so it’s difficult to judge but a very strong result for the team, but the gap keeps improving.
“It’s not down to the weather conditions or anything like that, so a good race for the team and hopefully next weekend in Hungary we can continue.”
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