From miracle to frustration: this was Alonso’s Austin GP

Max Verstappen won yesterday American F1GP with a final comeback after the error of red bull at your stop. He fixed it by saying: Leclerc (3rd time) Already Hamilton (2nd) In his car, the Airplane, it turned out to be spicier than expected and he was back in the lead with 6 laps to go. But yesterday’s today’s man was a different person: Fernando Alonso.

The Spaniard had a serious accident on lap 22 and had already overtaken after starting 14th. stroll to 7th place. The Spaniard caught the slipstream of his would-be partner in 2023 and pulled out of his wake to pass him, and when he already had wings next to the Canadian’s wheel, Lance made the move and both collided.

Fernando Alonso has become a pure passenger. The front wheels of his car came up. I couldn’t see anything and the wall was next to me. He touched the protection on the side of his car and went back to the asphalt. “It was a little scary when you were in the air because when you get close to the outside fence…which happens a lot in IndyCar, a 360 degree turn can be dangerous.” And it landed on the asphalt. When I saw it, I said: “The whole car must have been broken. I retired and the race is over.” The car hit the ground again. The most logical thing was that the Spaniard’s race was over. It was thought that his car had been wrecked.

“I was a little scared when I was in the air”

Fernando Alonso

There was a ‘safety car’ on the track for that crash and he went to the pits and was surprised. “I went in and changed the tires and they said we were way ahead. He had 32 laps to go so he said ‘no way’.” , Fernando pulled out a magic wand. After the car was hit hard by falling from the inside onto the asphalt at high speed, the Spaniards knew a lot of damage could be done. He was lucky to get out unharmed. He put the rest in his hand and will. Because after that shock it takes a lot of courage to attack again like he did. It went to the knife.

epic comeback

With nothing to lose, he started pushing from 16th on the hard rubber. His pace was devastating, and thanks to that stop he made after the crash, his comeback was possible… the race.

Just 19 laps later, Alonso caught up with team-mate Esteban Ocon on a phenomenal pace to take eighth place. With a heavily damaged car and eventual falling rear-view mirror staggering, the Spaniard was giving an extraordinary recital. Alpine looked like TV. When hit, it works better than before. I was flying

The Spaniard was 3.5 seconds behind Magnussen. But he didn’t care. He caught up with 7 laps to go, catching up in 6th and gaining a place with a rival’s save. It was a rubber with a lot of laps, showing the “show” that American fans want to see. But in the end Fernando his Alonso tried to hold off Lando Norris who was running on his tires in the new 12th turn. He gave the Englishman a hard time, but Lando ended up taking sixth place from him.

Nevertheless, seventh was a glorious taste for the Asturian, who revealed that “in the last 20 laps he was still thinking about the accident and just wanted to finish the race”. It could have done a lot of damage. i knew it. So when he got out of the car, he sat at one of his Alpine wheels and reflected on everything that had happened. And when he arrived at Press Coralito, he was grateful to be well. “First of all, I could be in the medical center, so I’m happy to be here to talk to you. Officially it was Vettel, but he was the man of the day. He was Showed resistance.Don’t give up.A true careerist, as Emerson Fittipaldi defined him to MD a few months ago. He proved it again.

Then came the setbacks. Dropped to 15th place with a 30 second penalty After protests by the Haas team about the safety of his car.