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Alonso wants FIA to enforce F1's 'gentleman's agreement'

Fernando Alonso wants the FIA to intervene to help enforce the gentleman's agreement that is intended to protect the running order in qualifying and prevent drivers from jumping the queue. Alonso found himself on the receiving end of a messy situation at the end of Q2 on Saturday, when his qualifying flyer was ruined at the final corner by a slow-moving Sebastian Vettel who was himself in a train of cars waiting to make a final run. Vettel was hit a three-place grid penalty by the Austrian Grand Prix stewards while Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz, who were running slowly just ahead of the Aston Martin driver, were spared a sanction as they had no direct involvement in the incident. In his...
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