Alonso 'scared' by 'very dangerous' crash

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Fernando Alonso has admitted helium felt frightened during his spectacular US Grand Prix clang with Lance Stroll, but blamed the collision connected a misunderstanding.

The information car was called connected thigh 22 aft the brace collided erstwhile the Alpine operator got a large slipstream connected Stroll's Aston Martin down the backmost consecutive and ran up the backmost of the Canadian erstwhile helium moved to defend.

Alonso's car was launched up connected 2 wheels earlier crashing into the obstruction connected the inside.

While Stroll was retired connected the spot, Alonso limped backmost to the pits for a caller beforehand helping earlier rejoining the race. He would beryllium progressive successful respective different on-track battles earlier yet scoring points successful seventh.

"I'm blessed to beryllium present talking with you due to the fact that I could surely beryllium successful the aesculapian centre. So I'm blessed for that," helium told Spanish TV aft the race.

"We were fortunate with the archetypal information car ... And then, connected the restart, I tried to instrumentality Stroll's slipstream.

"I moved to the broadside to permission the slipstream, and helium besides moved. It was a spot of atrocious luck that we didn't recognize each other.

"When I was successful the air, I was a spot frightened due to the fact that it was precise dangerous. When I landed connected the asphalt, I thought it was contention over."

Debris was scattered each implicit the way - a ample portion of which damaged the McLaren of Lando Norris, who was lone a fewer cars down Stroll and Alonso.

Stroll said helium felt the incidental was much oregon little a racing incident.

"Fernando got a bully tally retired of crook 11, I went to defend. There was a quality successful speed," helium said.

"I mean, helium was rather a spot quicker than me. Yeah, past conscionable I deliberation we some benignant of misjudged, I think.

"I near country connected the left. He was precise close, large quality successful speed. Maybe I moved a spot precocious truthful I deliberation it's it's conscionable 1 of those racing incidents wherever conscionable each benignant of went incorrect astatine the aforesaid time.

"We're some racing drivers. These things hap successful racing."

Stroll has been deed with a 3 spot grid punishment for the adjacent contention successful Mexico for the collision.

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