Alonso was behind Hamilton on the track when the Safety Car came out in Valencia for Mark Webber's accident. In the following moments Hamilton overtook the Safety Car, thereby breaking the rules, while Alonso and his team-mate Felipe Massa did not.The result was that when the drivers pitted under the Safety Car, Hamilton emerged in second place while the two Ferraris dropped down the order.
And although Hamilton was handed a drive-through penalty for breaking the rules, the McLaren driver returned to the race still in second place.
"All the kids in the stands know that you cannot pass the Safety Car," Alonso seethed.
"When the Safety Car came out I was one metre behind Hamilton. I finished ninth; he finished second. I respected the rule: he didn't."
Alonso added that in his opinion the bottle that was thrown onto the track later in the grand prix was the Spanish fans' reaction towards "the injustice" of Hamilton's penalty.
"I feel sorry for the public who have come here to watch this race - 70,000 fans came here to see the spectacle of Formula One and they have seen a race decided by the decisions.
"The attitude of the public is understandable - they were disgusted by what they were seeing and the injustices that were happening. There was a bottle on the track which is reaction that is not normal and it should not have happened."
Source: Planet-F1
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