Fernando Alonso is very clear about one of the starting problems of Formula 1 current: the ‘training’ of young pilots in the category. The Asturian tried to analyze the main reason and, from his point of view, the lack of test time was the result of this situation. “I think it’s difficult to create a test team like in the past to really prepare a young driver,” the double world champion declared on the web portal ‘Racing News 365’ and reported by ‘Soymotor.com’.
After the latest debuts seen in F1 in recent years (Piastri, De Vires, Lawson and recently Bearman) Alonso made clear his ‘concern’ about the lack of opportunities that some young drivers have to have access to at the Great Circus. There are only 20 seats available, with 10 teams on the grid, so the options are limited in that regard.
“The teams are so stressed with the budget limit and all the staff traveling around the world for these 24 races that I think it is impossible to create a test team like in the past to really prepare a young driver ,” Alonso said. on the ‘Racing News 365’ web portal.
“And we don’t have winter testing yet, even if you put a rookie in your car, he’ll have a day and a half before the start of the world championship. So he probably prevents some team bosses from actually promoting a kid . driver. “A lot of things don’t work in this sport and sometimes we raise our voices. But I hope someone will listen to us,” added the man from Oviedo.
The truth is that there are teams that can do different tests. They do this to cars from other eras to try to show their potential. These are still tests, but it’s a way to check what the performance of these drivers might be. Bearman, for example, is an example of this. Furthermore, it is worth remembering that the teams are obliged to ‘give’ a car to some of their reserve drivers for at least one session of Free Practice 1. And they must also do this with their two cars.
Finally the Asturian considers that “perhaps” it is a shame that there are not so many opportunities, although “Formula 1 is a difficult sport. There are no gifts. There is not much time. It is good to see that more tests are done and there are few big teams who can race an old car and establish a program like that of F2 drivers.
Source: La Verdad
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