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“I think when you start at the back, there is this risk always. I think the quality of the drivers in the lower third of the grid is very low, as we saw today with Alex, so I think we need to improve the car and start a little bit higher up.”

Fernando Alonso, read out by James, at 4:16 of “Fury As Penalty Issued, Verstappen Irritated At Red Bull, Alonso Calls Out 'Low Quality' Drivers” on James' Pit Lane’s channel.

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  1. 3:48 hat on his outside, but made contact that Albon said damages Williams' front wing, and that stripped the left-hand bargeboard from Alonso's
  2. 3:56 Aston Martin. Now, even though that damage would have cost Alonso a lot, it looked like Alonso's pace in the Grand Prix was actually okay, so it would have been very interesting to see how he would
  3. 4:05 have done without that damage. And after the Grand Prix, Alonso took issue with Albon's move, which was not penalised by the stewards, with Alonso saying, as quoted by the race, "I think when you
  4. 4:16 start at the back, there is this risk always. I think the quality of the drivers in the lower third of the grid is very low, as we saw today with Alex, so I think we need to improve the
  5. 4:25 car and start a little bit higher up." So yeah, a very brutal comment there from Alonso, but in my opinion, I would not call drivers like Alex Albon low-quality. They've shown what they can do over
  6. 4:37 their Formula 1 career. And while I get Alonso's frustration, I do think Albon is a good driver. What do you think? Let me know in the comments below. But that's going to be the video from me. Thank
  7. 4:46 you ever so much for watching. Make sure to like and subscribe for more videos, and until the next one, take care. Bye.

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