he did it again It seems impossible for Fernando Alonso to wow at a Grand Prix with his incredible control over every detail, but he does it. The course has featured a man from Oviedo many times in the media and networks, for example as an engineer behind the wheel while driving between road walls. Baku again Miami, at full speed. And on this occasion silverstonewith one of his impressions after the qualifying session left the Spanish press at the circuit speechless.

The MD asked the Spaniard how “weird” F1 is because of the huge leap in quality that teams like McLaren and Williams have made at Silverstone. The walking team appeared to be sinking at the start of the track but were already very competitive in Austria with the improvements Norris brought to the car and was confirmed in class at the British Grand Prix with excellent performances from both drivers. (Norris was second and Piastri was first and third).

That’s when Alonso pulled some surprising stats out of his sleeve. “A great championship? No, our memories are short. Last year I think we started 7th or 8th in the Alpine, but I had Albon next to me on the same starting line. He made it to Q3. At Monza. Albon got into Q3, Nick de Vries made his debut and I think he got into Q3 too (he was 10th in the race) and when you get to Monza and you see Williams in Q3, what a weird F1 I would say yes.”he commented.

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“Austria also did very well last year at Silverstone and then at Alpine we beat them to finish the regular year. So in Abu Dhabi we are doing the math.”he continued. No one expected Williams’ last year’s stats and data to come out of his sleeve. But he did.

“Our rivals are doing very well and bringing improvements. understand.” It turned out to be a full-fledged master class to analyze the situation of the team and rivals in just a few minutes after getting out of the car without having time to appear in front of the media and talk about it with the engineers.

And there was even more…

“I can’t believe he has it all in his head.”exclaimed a prominent international journalist in the Silverstone press room, again stunned by the familiarity of the data and the situation in Oviedo. He was also surprised, even though he had known him for years.

In front of the television, another journalist advanced his remarks about Williams, reminding us that the Grove team was very quick with Latifi already in Q3 at Silverstone last year. Alonso had a different answer to that. “Yes, but he scored just two points all year.” He recalled the points Latifi achieved in 2022, but many F1 fans and pundits may not know how to answer without first looking at last year’s World Cup as a whole. The reporter also hallucinated. he has it all in his head. He proved it again. Pilot, engineer, team leader. It has everything.

Already amazed by his ‘calculator’ in Austria

A week ago in Austria, the Oviedo driver had already stunned by stepping out of his car to highlight the points Ferrari and Mercedes scored over Aston Martin in the sprint race. In the battle for second place in the Constructors’ World Championship, it was like having a calculator in the car.

And at Silverstone, the game was a reminder to the MD of the on-time performance leap McLaren achieved last year. Tracks like Austria and Silverstone and their subsequent slump, as well as jumps that Williams made only at Silverstone and Monza. All of this is probably to make clear that what we saw in the British GP classification was not a real image, but for some reason a pattern that would repeat itself depending on how well a particular circuit was given to the teams.

This course has already amazed several engineers radio

Over the radio, he instructed his team to share brake distribution with teammate Lance Stroll, praised the Canadian for overtaking, and even followed his career on screen as he raced at over 300km/h. Said. Fighting for the podium. Fernando stands out not only for his excellent control of all conditions on the track and his leadership within the team, but also for his ability to analyze everything that happens on the track.