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Footage emerges of Fernando Alonso being stuck behind Brad Pitt's 'fake F1 car' during qualifying

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Published 20:05 23 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Footage emerges of Fernando Alonso being stuck behind Brad Pitt's 'fake F1 car' during qualifying

Footage has emerged of the incident that left Alonso furious.

Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton

Footage has emerged of Fernando Alonso getting stuck behind Brad Pitt's 'fake' car, and it's fair to say he wasn't best pleased.

There was plenty of drama during the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Oscar Piastri clinching first place ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

British driver Norris had to be ordered by his team to let Piastri overtake him, but the drama didn't stop there.

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Max Verstappen fell to fifth place after colliding with Lewis Hamilton, but the stewards took no action after deciding that both drivers were at fault.

There was even drama during qualifying on Saturday, involving Fernando Alonso and - bizarrely - Brad Pitt.

Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda crashed during Q3 when he got one wheel on the wet grass and his vehicle into the air.

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The red flag came out and the other drivers were ordered back to the pits, and fortunately the Japanese star was fine.

However, Alonso endured a frustrating moment when he pulled into the pits and the FIA officials inadvertently made him stop behind a 'fake' car that was being used in filming for a Brad Pitt movie, 'F1', on the assumption that the session would not resume.


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That meant that when the session did resume, Alonso was already in Parc Ferme.

Alonso explained: "They closed the pitlane and put us into Parc Ferme. We got out of the car then they told us that Q3 was going to restart. I had no more tyres so I didn't go out again."

Footage has no emerged on social media of Alonso berating FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer immediately after the incident.

The following day Alonso finished 11th, four-and-a-half seconds behind Aston Martine teammate Lance Stroll and 82.46 seconds behind winner Piastri.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Formula 1, Fernando Alonso, Hungarian Grand Prix

Alex Brotherton
Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton is a journalist at SPORTbible. He has previously worked with publications including the Manchester Evening News, GOAL and BBC Sport. He is a football fanatic, but also dabbles in tennis and American football. He can often be found watching dreadful non-league football.

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