Prost: “Engine penalties are madness”

The 2015 Formula 1 season for McLaren looks like really haunted. After having changed the power units on both the MP4-30s of Alonso and Button, on the occasion of the Austrian GP, ​​the Spaniard, due to the accident in which he was involved and triggered by Raikkonen, will be forced to change his unit again of power inevitably remained damaged in the clash, suffering yet another 20-place grid penalty.

Taking into account that the McLarens already occupy the last rows of the grid, this suggests that Alonso will be forced to pay in the race a further penalty in time, a drive through or a stop & go: “This aspect of the regulation must be changed because it is madness. The driver has already been penalized by the fact that he was unable to lap due to engine failure. Because you have to punish him again? There is no logic in all this,” commented Alain Prost, present at the Red Bull Ring for the Legends Parade.

He also echoed the four-time World Champion Carlos Sainz, in the paddock to follow his son who races in Toro Rosso: “People don't understand what the criteria are that determine the formation of the grid. The rules of Formula 1 they are too complicated for the general public." On the same line we also find a former driver of the category, Jean Alesi: "Whoever decided these rules wants to destroy Formula 1. Just talk to simple enthusiasts to understand how the general public is away from GPs. To know the rules you have to be an engineer: it's all too complicated!”.

Eleonora Ottonello
@lapisinha