The fake ‘closed park’‘
The spectacular and entertaining weekend of the Hungarian GP also included a particularly curious episode, which will certainly turn up the noses of the purists and which clearly demonstrates how every now and then the show-biz surrounding F1 takes over and risks creating embarrassing situations for the sport.
During qualifying on Saturday, after the red flag waved following Yuki Tsunoda’s accident in Q3, Fernando Alonso was sent by FIA delegates to the ‘wrong’ parc-fermé. Behind the ‘classic’ parc fermé in Hungary, a fictitious one had been set up for the filming of the F1 movie that director Joseph Kosinski is making, starring Hollywood star Brad Pitt.
The furious Alonso
The on-board camera of Alonso’s car shows him and Lance Stroll being asked to park behind two cars, which are those of APXGP, the fictional team Pitt races for in the film. Realizing their mistake, an FIA man turns to Alonso, who was getting out of his AMR24, and signals to him that he must restart, then pushes the car back slightly to allow him to maneuver.
The team’s mechanics also noticed the mess, rushing to help Alonso tighten his seat belts. This ‘gaffe’ by the FIA did not have an impact on the outcome of the qualifying, since both Astons were able to take part in the last two minutes of the session, but in those moments Alonso’s nervousness, later immortalized in another video in which he is seen arguing heatedly with some representatives of the federation, was more than justified.
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