Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakakahoretia e ngā kaiwhakawā o te Australian Grand Prix ngā whakaaro e whakawehi ana ētahi kapa Formula One ki te whakakore i te whakataetae nā te wehi haumaru e karapoti ana i a McLaren. Ko te hinganga o Fernando Alonso i te wa o te whakamatautau tuarua o te wa o mua i te marama o Barcelona, i kore ai te Spaniard e mohio ana, a, e toru nga ra i noho ai ia ki te hohipera, kua waiho he maha o nga kaitohutohu i raruraru. Hei karo i te tūponotanga o te mate pānga tuarua, ka noho atu a Alonso i te whakataetae nui e whakatuwhera ana i te wiki e whai ake nei i Ahitereiria, ka hoki mai mo te whakataetae e whai ake nei i Malaysia i te 29 o Maehe. Ko Fernando Alonso e wehe ana i te hōhipera i te marama kua hipa whai muri i tana tukinga i te whakamātautau me McLaren i Barcelona. I rere atu a Alonso i runga i te rerenga hauā i muri i te tukinga i te Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona. Kua tino mārama a McLaren kāore he hapa o te motokā, o ngā pūnaha rānei i ahu ki te tūtukitanga i te Circuit de Catalunya i te 22 o Hui-tanguru, engari i whakapae i tētahi hau hau. Ko te whakamāramatanga he āhua whakaponotanga ki ētahi, ā, kua arahina ki ngā whakaaro āwangawanga mai i ētahi atu kapa, tae noa ki te whānuitanga o te kōrero o te kaitiaki i te mea kua whakahuatia. Engari ko te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Ahitereiria Grand Prix Corporation, ko Andrew Westacott, i whakakahore i taua pakiwaitara. Ko Alonso i te whakamātautau o mua i te tau me McLaren i mua i tana tukinga i Barcelona i te marama o mua. I a ia e korero ana ki The West Australian, i kii a Westacott: 'Kei te korero matou ki nga tiima, Formula One me te FIA i nga wa maha i ia ra, kaore ano kia whakaarahia, kia korerohia ranei te aukati. 'Kei te haere mai ngā kapa katoa ki Melbourne; kei te harikoa rātou mō te tīmatanga o te tau hou, kei te haere te uta, kei te tū ngā kaimahi o te Pūwhakarite Kotahi i te Albert Park e whakarite ana i te pāohotanga, ā, mai i tā mātou tirohanga, e 100 ōrau katoa ngā pūnaha katoa e mahi ana. 'Kāore mātou e mataku ki tētahi mea, haunga te pupuri i te ngākau nui o te iwi o Ahitereiria puta noa i ngā rā e whā.'
Ka whakakahoretia e ngā kaiwhakawhanake ngā whakaaro e whakawehi ana ngā kapa F1 ki te aukati i te whakataetae. Na te hinganga o Fernando Alonso i mua i te wa o te tau, ka noho ia ki te hōhipera mō ngā rā e toru.