Spanish Ferrari driver and current Championship leader Fernando Alonso says that in order to avoid a repeat of the heavy crash at the start of the race at Spa, young drivers need to learn to respect the rules from an early age.
The Spaniard, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Sauber driver Sergio Perez were taken out of Sunday's race in Belgium by Lotus driver Romain Grosjean.
After the lights went out, Grosjean moved to his right, leaving no space for Hamilton to pass, which caused a knock-on effect in which Alonso was one the innocent victims.
Although Alonso retired from the race he was lucky to avoid serious injury as Grosjean's Lotus narrowly missed his helmet when it was airborne.
The double World Champion driver has now called on lower formulae to take a harder line on youngsters who breach the rules in order to best prepare them for F1.
"Certain drivers should try and take fewer risks at the start," Alonso said. "It's a bit of a tendency in the junior formulae, but it would be better, if right from the start of their career, they got used to respecting more strictly the rules relating to behaviour on track."
The Spanish Ferrari driver went into the Belgian Grand Prix with a 40-point lead over Australian Red Bull driver Mark Webber in the Drivers Championship which is now down to just 24 points.
"What happened is a shame because I think a podium was within my reach," the Spaniard said. "But we paid a high price through bad luck and luck owes us now. Let's see what happens in the rest of the season.
"We lost a bit of the advantage we had over Vettel, Mark Webber and Kimi Raikkonen, but we have lost nothing to Hamilton who, given how the McLaren went, is possibly our most dangerous rival. Now we go to Monza, Ferrari's home race. Traditionally we are always strong there so let's hope we can have a nice weekend and give our fans something to cheer about, making up for some of the advantage we lost."
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