Overview

• Fernando Alonso said Isack Hadjar’s defending involved unnecessary risk while the Racing Bulls driver was nursing a suspected engine issue.
• Alonso passed Hadjar on lap 3 and again on lap 37, saying the delay behind the slower car cost him about five seconds.
• Hadjar countered that he raced cleanly and quipped that Alonso was really grumpy after the on‑track fight.
• Alonso later downplayed the spat, calling some moves borderline at 300 km/h but noting there was no contact.
• Alonso finished eighth on the road and was promoted to seventh after Lewis Hamilton received a five‑second track‑limits penalty, as Racing Bulls currently lead Aston Martin in the constructors’ order.