Alonso: We will have zero spray if...

While some suggest changes to current Formula 1 car designs or Pirelli tyres as a solution to allow wet-weather racing, Alonso went in a different direction, proposing changes to the track asphalt.

F1 has been struggling to race in wet conditions for various reasons, starting with Pirelli's wet tyres being rubbish, something the Italian tyre manufacturer claims is not the case anymore.

But then there is the issue of visibility due to the spray an F1 car generates, which means the drivers of the cars in its wake cannot see where they are going.

The latest example of this issue was last weekend in Spa when the race had to be suspended before even starting, only for the FIA to keep the field driving behind the Safety Car for several more laps than required before giving the racing the green light.

Facing the media in Budapest on Thursday, Alonso was asked about this dilemma, and he went back to 2017, claiming wider cars and tyres debuting that year started the problem.

"I think the tyres, the wide tyres definitely made visibility worse," the Spaniard said, but then added: "And probably some of the asphalt in the circuits.

"They are a little bit different than what they've been in the past. Because we raced with a lot of water in Sepang [Malaysia] and it was always okay.

“And now this new generation of asphalt, which is very black and very grippy in dry conditions, is like a mirror in wet conditions. And yeah, visibility is not nice. But I don't know what we can do there or what the tyres can do in a very rough tarmac.

“And even some of the highways, I have said many times that the highways, there are some that they have zero spray. So if we implement that tarmac in all the circuits as a normal rule, we will have zero spray.

“Then it will be a huge degradation, probably, in dry conditions—I don't know. But then we can work from that theme and have a starting point. But I'm just a driver," Alonso concluded. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)