“I’m simply right here so I don’t get fined.”
That quick sentence throughout Media Day at Tremendous Bowl XLIX turned Marshawn Lynch right into a family title. The Seattle Seahawks operating again started his total podium session forward of the large recreation advising the reporters in entrance of him that he was simply right here so he didn’t get fined, and that they might ask him “all of the questions they need to,” however the reply could be the identical.
He was there so he wouldn’t get fined by the league.
Enter System 1 driver Fernando Alonso.
Following Friday’s two apply classes on the Australian Grand Prix the Aston Martin driver stopped to speak with the official F1 channel, as is requisite throughout race weekends. Whereas drivers should not required to speak to the assembled print media following Friday apply classes, talking with the official F1 channel is a part of their duties.
Alonso was moderately … reserved through the dialogue and made it clear he could be all season.
“Nothing, and if I discovered one thing I might not let you know,” started Alonso when talking with Lawrence Barretto, with a smile on his face.
“We come right here as a result of it’s obligatory,” stated Alonso. “However there’s nothing actually to speak [about]. We simply soar out of the automotive and, as you stated, it is going to be 24 Fridays like now and you’ll ask something, I cannot reply.”
Requested by Barretto if he acquired a “really feel” for the automotive, Alonso merely responded “might be,” earlier than then outlining that he wanted to evaluation the whole lot with the staff. “I must evaluation the whole lot now with my staff and privately focus on what we did at the moment,” added the driving force.
Barretto then requested if there have been any issues with the automotive, and Alonso once more was moderately reserved together with his reply, all with a smile on his face.
“No, we did laps, the automotive goes, the engine is alive, the brakes are okay, the gearbox is altering gears up and down, so we’re good,” described Alonso.
As for the way Alonso’s day went on the observe, the Aston Martin driver completed FP1 up in P8, and landed P13 on the timing sheets for FP2.
This isn’t the primary time in latest reminiscence a driver has channeled Lynch. Final yr on the Singapore Grand Prix Max Verstappen had a Marshawn second of his personal, after being ordered to carry out group service after swearing through the FIA Press Convention forward of the race. Verstappen was tight-lipped through the FIA Press Convention after qualifying, going so far as to say at one level that he wouldn’t elaborate for worry of being fined, after which held an impromptu session with the media exterior the room.
We’ll see if Alonso stays as tight-lipped on Fridays all through the remainder of the season.
