Alonso warns F1 with scathing verdict: 'This can't go on like this'

The Spaniard finished 18th in qualifying for the Madrid Grand Prix, but he gained a position on the grid after Carlos Sainz received a grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas in Q1 on Saturday.

After the session, the Spaniard once again shared his frustration with the current generation of cars.

"It is. I mean, Is it is sad, you know, in a way with this generation of cars to to come to very nice circuit like like this one, with challenges here and there, like the Monumental corner, you know, Turn 12, and, the driver input is just nothing," he began to GPblog, among others.

During the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem vowed to keep Alonso in the sport. Speaking at the Madring, the former two-time world champion was clear: things cannot continue like this in Formula 1.

Asked whether he was optimistic about seeing changes moving forward, he added: "I don't know. I mean, I have a lot of things to go through already, try to make my mind up for next year. And I did spoke with him (Ben Sulayem), but I speak with Stefano [Domenicali] regularly every week because, Formula 1 cannot continue in this way.

Alonso did not want to point out another driver, so he compared his press officer to Verstappen once again. "It cannot be that Michael is faster than Max Verstappen if he has more battery. Because Turn 12 is such an incredible corner that he has to make the difference compared to Michael. And at the moment, we can't do that."