F1 News: Fernando Alonso Angered By Changes This Weekend

Both Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are far from thrilled with the latest F1 tyre changes. Verstappen has previously labeled it "rubbish", and the Spaniard has now been a little less forgiving.

This new format has not won over any fans, yet alone the drivers who have complained about this change for most of the weekend.

Aston Martin's lead driver secured the P8 on the starting grid for today's Hungary Grand Prix. And while we've seen the Spanish driver further up the pack and even on the podium towards the start of the season, the competition is fierce and the British team has been overtaken in the development war currently raging.

Alonso, however, seems to be in his usual competitive spirit. He told DAZN ES:

"The qualifying was very tight and we're four tenths off pole, which is more or less our normal distance, so we're fine on that side. By one tenth I think we were fourth."

Where his discontent clearly lies, is with the prescribed tyre choice for the entire weekend, and particularly for qualifying. The Spaniard makes no secret of his frustration:

"Horrible. For me it's horrible. I don't think it has added much today in the time trial. People want to see a qualifying where we all try to go as fast as possible. Q1, Q2 and Q3 we tried to make progress during the sessions, but the bad thing about this format is that we had no tyres to practice on.

"All the free practices have been a continuous tyre saving in order to get to the time trial with fresh sets of tyres. I think that if you pay an entry fee of 300, 400, 500 euros, these barbarities and we can't go out because we are reserving tyres."

Alonso sums up his view rather candidly. He doesn't see this as the vision Formula 1 should be pursuing, but he acknowledges the need for experimentation, albeit reluctantly.

He finally admits:

"I don't think that's what Formula 1 wants. But well, you have to try it and if I had an opinion, I wouldn't vote for this format."

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