F1 legend thinks drivers should be penalised for speeding on run-off

At Sochi in the F2 sprint race Jack Aitken and Nikita Mazepin collided on the run-off area at turn 2 which in turn led Nobuharu Matsushita to make contact with the barriers with Mazepin receiving a 15-place grid penalty for the next race.

It was only a few weeks ago that Anthoine Hubert lost his life at Spa after a collision with Juan Manuel Correa off-track at the top of the Raidillon corner after trying to avoid Alesi’s son Guilano.

"Destiny sometimes sends a warning," Alesi told Motorsport.com.

Penalties are the only way Alesi feels the sport can overcome the issue of drivers going fast off track.

“So you need to be extremely hard. Which means if it's in practice, it should be like you are not stopping at the scale,” he added.