F1 Mexico Grand prix 2022 reside: Begin time in Australia, grid, Daniel Ricciardo place

It got here after Crimson Bull have been slapped with a $10.5m fantastic and a discount in wind tunnel time for breaking the $206m finances cap in 2021 when Verstappen controversially beat Hamilton to the title.

Social media raged on the penalty, with Verstappen being labelled a “costcap champion” or just “costcappen”, because the FIA didn’t overturn the championship, regardless of the end result of the defining Abu Dhabi GP.

Alonso, who has a historical past of dangerous blood with Hamilton following their bitter fallout as teammates at McLaren in 2008, mentioned: “I’ve plenty of respect for Lewis, however nonetheless it’s totally different while you win seven world titles while you solely needed to struggle together with your teammate.

“Then I believe a championship has much less worth than when you have got fewer titles however have needed to struggle towards different drivers with equal and even higher materials.

“In 2005 and 2006, I had a superb begin to the 12 months myself and was capable of create a lead. Then others may need had a greater automotive, however I used to be capable of handle that hole.

“I by no means needed to struggle with my teammate to win these titles. Nor did I see Max preventing with [Sergio] Perez or [Alex] Albon to win races.

“However Schumacher specifically fought together with his teammate to turn out to be champion 5 instances in a row and Hamilton fought with Rosberg and [Valtteri] Bottas. That’s totally different, I believe.

“I wish to struggle with one of the best drivers and Max is a part of that. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to struggle with Sebastian Vettel, Lewis and Michael Schumacher up to now, however I’ve by no means had that probability with Max.

“Hopefully that can nonetheless occur within the coming years once I drive for Aston Martin.”

Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner mentioned on Friday that whereas his staff accepted the phrases of their price cap breach, he was adamant the overspend wouldn’t have elevated his staff’s vehicles’ efficiency.

Horner additionally mentioned he felt the fantastic and wind tunnel discount was “draconian”, as it will scale back his vehicles’ efficiency by half a second over a lap.

Nonetheless, Mercedes trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin, hit again forward of Sunday’s Mexico GP, saying: “The dimensions of that penalty isn’t way more than what you’d lose if you’re only one place increased up within the championship.

“It’s not as large because the penalty if you’re positioned two locations increased. So I believe describing it as draconian is an exaggeration.

“You undoubtedly must be extra environment friendly but when it have been half a second, which I’d heard talked about, then a staff in the back of the grid would have over a three-second benefit to at least one on the entrance and that merely isn’t the case.”