Alonso cuts the noise in Miami

Fernando Alonso stopped a misunderstanding in Miami before it grew. Asked about some supposed vibrations in his Aston Martin, the Spaniard corrected the central point: he had not said he had them. The matter, he explained, came from a comment discussed on television, not from a personal complaint of his.

The scene was brief, but very Alonso. A technical question, a dry answer and a clear line between what happens inside the car and what begins to circulate outside. In a paddock where a phrase can become a diagnosis, the pilot did not let someone else's version remain an accepted fact.