In an attempt to reduce spending and shorten the gap between the top teams and less competitive ones, policy-makers in F1 have set stringent limits on the amount of testing drivers can do.

Instead they are expected to drive karts to keep themselves in form for F1 commitments.

But that’s got the Spaniard all riled up.

“Motorcyclists with motocross, drivers with karting — these are the nearest things to what we drive but they’re still very different and it doesn’t help,” moaned Alonso at Ferrari‘s joint publicity event here alongside Ducati.

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