Fernando Alonso delivered a pointed and unmistakable accusation against Ferrari during the Miami Grand Prix weekend of the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship, alleging that the Scuderia benefits from exclusive testing opportunities with Pirelli that are not available to other teams on the grid — and that this asymmetry translates into a tangible competitive advantage on race days when weather conditions come into play.

Interviewed by DAZN, the two-time World Champion addressed a question about the current state of the Aston Martin project by offering a frank, measured, and at times caustic assessment of where his team stands relative to the rest of the field. He began with a resigned acknowledgment of the car's limitations in the prevailing conditions.

"Whether it's wet or dry, nothing is going to change. A few mixed conditions might help on the off-chance something clicks. I don't think we have the pace in either wet or dry conditions," he admitted.

He then turned his attention to what he sees as an unfair structural advantage in the sport's testing framework: "In terms of practice, if it rains, there are things we'll learn — because only Ferrari does private testing with Pirelli on wet tires. We don't have that luxury, so if it rains, we'll be doing the test that Ferrari has already completed."

Alonso's history with the Scuderia makes his accusation carry a particular weight. The Asturian is among the most experienced and traveled figures in the history of the sport, having raced for an extraordinary range of teams across a career spanning more than two decades.

He began at Minardi before finding his stride at Renault, where he became a back-to-back World Champion and one of the dominant forces in the sport during the mid-2000s. His subsequent move to McLaren placed him alongside a young and ferociously talented Lewis Hamilton — a pairing that proved as combustible as it was brilliant.

After a brief and largely fruitless second stint at Renault, Alonso made one of the most anticipated transfers in recent Formula 1 memory, joining Ferrari in the early 2010s. Many observers believe he consistently drove above and beyond what the Maranello machinery was capable of delivering during those seasons — extracting results that another driver might not have managed.

Yet a third World Championship, the prize that has always eluded him, remained out of reach. The relationship with Ferrari, though ultimately unfulfilled in the terms that mattered most to him, remains one of the defining and most emotionally charged chapters of his career. It is perhaps that history — the sense of unfinished business, of what might have been — that makes his current observations about Ferrari's privileges feel charged with something beyond mere sporting observation