'By lap 15 I had a semi-burn on the right-hand side.'
Fernando Alonso has revealed he suffered a “semi-burn” on his right-hand side in the extreme conditions in Qatar with Aston Martin “not allowed” to throw water over him in a pitstop.
Esteban Ocon threw up in his helmet, Logan Sargeant was forced to retire with team personnel supporting him as he walked away from his Williams, and Alex Albon sought medical attention due to acute heat exposure.. Post-race footage from his in-car camera caught the Canadian battling to climb out of the car by himself and needing to take a moment to rest.The Spaniard, fighting for a points-scoring finish, told Aston Martin over the radio: “The seat is burning, mate.
“I got like burned in the first 15 laps so I even asked on the radio if they could throw me some water or something at the pit stop, which apparently is not allowed.” “We can think about in the future as well, like in the football, sometimes in the hotter conditions, they have some breaks or something.
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