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No qualms about racing in Baku, insists Alonso

 XPB Images Fernando Alonso has said that he has no reservations or concerns about racing in Baku this weekend, despite pressure from campaign groups including Amnesty International over alleged human rights violations in Azerbaijan. "We completely rely on the FIA in terms of the places and the venues we race, responded the McLaren driver on Thursday. "On that aspect, or at least in my case I never think further than that. I totally put all my trust and my confidence on the Federation and the decision they made. "If we're racing here then it's because it's everything was good to them and is good for us." Alonso had been asked about the human rights situation...
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