Fernando Alonso he finished in eight-tenths of the third place LeclercAfter a less-than-best weekend for Aston Martin, the car again performed very well in Sunday’s race. This is a positive point that Fernando Alonso wanted to emphasize. He was on the verge of taking his fourth podium in his four races, but in Baku a number of factors combined that could have harmed the green cars.

First, the DRS issuewhich prevented Alonso from aiming for fourth place in qualifying.

Second, there was only one free practiceAfter all, a traditional weekend would have given us more time to fix DRS issues and find the keys to the car’s performance. As Alonso said, it wasn’t all that fast in every session compared to other Grands his awards. Of course, the fact that there is only one free practice session can affect all teams.

‘Safety car’ brought in at the worst possible time for Alonso

The third factor that affected Alonso’s podium chances was chance. The ‘safety car’ came out just as Fernando had the best chance to return to the Grand Prix. It was at a time when his rivals were just struggling with tire degradation or should have started. The safety car arrived just as Fernando was able to bring out his sharp sword at a crucial moment.

This is how Alonso ensured it: “The strength of the car is again the degradation of the tyres, which seems to be a little bit better than the others. Unfortunately in the ‘safety car’ everyone was on the hard tyres, the rubber of which was very tough all the way to the end. Without the ‘safety car’, I think Ferrari would have struggled quite a bit in the first half of the race…so Miami could be a better opportunity for us.” Alonso commented.

Reflection of Alonso

The Asturian native was delighted with the big step forward his car had made in the race, performing much better than he had shown after one qualifying lap and in the other sessions. That slight deterioration again made a difference. For this reason, Alonso left the following important reflections. “The weekend was probably not as competitive as the first three races, but we still had very good pace in the car today, very strong and challenged for the podium by just a second behind Charles. That’s us. It is very encouraging for

“In a bad weekend for Aston Martin, we are battling for the podium with one of the best weekends for Ferrari. Good news for Sunday.”

Doubt: Sector 2

Only one problem remains to be solved. It’s the car’s performance in Sector 2, which has the most twisty and slow corners. In theory, the Silverstone car should be a sector that should make a difference. “You don’t have to focus on DRS. It was a technical issue, but overall I think we weren’t fast enough in the second sector, which is not the DRS sector.”

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Clearly, had Alonso qualified better than sixth, his podium would have been much more possible. There was the impact of DRS. Alonso on Saturday was clear that with the DRS working he had a car that could put him fourth in qualifying. And it’s only natural to start on the podium from 4th with better race pace and less degradation than Mercedes and Ferrari.It pointed out Mike Clack, Aston Martin Team Principal: “It’s a very difficult game when you start behind cars that are very close. In the last few races we have seen that the start has to be delayed.”

Huge final attack with great time

Aston Martin must continue to improve lap by lap to ease the work that has to be done in the race.Seen in most of the appointments, replicating time red bull, or go to Leclerc with his final attack. He was more than three seconds behind him on Leclerc, but that’s because he decided to create a little gap between him and Charles to run in the clean air, and that he attacked. When he decided to

He finished 0″8 after some incredible turns and once again duplicated Milton Keynes’ time. No one doubts Alonso could have attacked if the GP had been a few more laps Leclerc Compete for the podium.In this sense, Alonso said that the last cloud that appeared in the sky was BakuThis helped keep track temperatures down and lessen the deterioration that Charles’ tires were expected to experience.

Time doesn’t lie. Alonso was lapped with a time of 1’44” from lap 41 with 10 laps to go. , Alonso was 1’44”.8 and 1’44″241, his best lap in the race, with two laps to go. Alonso in his last two laps he followed with 1’44″439 and 1’44″273 and Leclerc in his last two laps he recorded 1’44″977 and 1’45″409. bottom. The rhythm at the end was so great that it even surpassed the winner, Perez.