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'I would have been penalised' - Alonso

2 times World Champion McLaren driver Fernando Alonso (2007)
2 times World Champion McLaren driver Fernando Alonso (2007)
Oct.6 (GMM) Fernando Alonso has openly questioned the stewards' decision not to penalise his teammate Lewis Hamilton for driving erratically behind the safety car last Sunday.



The 22-year-old's bitter title challenger told the Spanish newspaper Diario As on Friday: "I am sure that if it was me (under investigation), I would have gone to sleep with a penalty."



The Spaniard is probably recalling his famous Monza penalty last year, applied after stewards ruled that he impeded Felipe Massa's qualifying lap.



Alonso said of the Hamilton investigation: "But I do not know, because I did not see it (the YouTube clip of the Vettel-Webber crash)."



Reigning world champion Alonso, who is 12 points behind Hamilton after his Fuji Speedway crash, said Hamilton had been warned by race director Charlie Whiting about his driving behind the safety car at Monza last month, after "some drivers complained".



"The race director reminded us before Fuji what you can do -- warm up your tyres, zig-zag, but with a constant speed.



"He said 'you can move, but not change your speed all the time'."

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