It seems Fernando Alonso is still upset at a penalty that he received after qualifying in this past weekend’s Grand Prix at Monza. The stewards believed that Alonso had blocked Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Implying that Massa’s teammate, Michael Schumacher, was the reason that the stewards imposed the penalty (in order to benefit him in his quest for an 8th World Championship title), Alonso forgets that his engine blew and it wouldn’t have mattered if no penalty had been imposed because his engine wouldn’t have lasted the race anyway. Let’s not forget that Schumacher was penalised earlier in the year at the Monte Carlo grand prix, but Schumacher’s penalty was to be moved from pole position to the last position on the grid - Alonso was only penalised 5 grid positions, moving from 5th to 10th.

Alonso after his engine blew at the Monza Grand Prix

Once Schumacher retires at the end of this season, there will be an obvious replacement for the most arrogant driver in the championship and it will be Alonso.

In reference to Schumacher’s retirement, Alonso provided the media with this little gem: “Michael is the most unsporting driver with the largest number of sanctions in the history of Formula One.”

Nice.

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