Alonso’s disagreement with Hamilton over the prank: “He protested. He has quality and experience… but I have more than that.”

Fernando Alonso He once again made the unthinkable possible. As he himself said, he achieved fourth place in the World Cup. McLaren of Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, that was only possible if the race went crazy. However, the Asturian was appointed without any major surprises and once again made the most of his performance. aston martin And I was surprised again. Through good strategy and event management, he achieved 4th place in the World Championship, which even the Asturian himself did not expect, in a car that did not seem ready for 7th place. He achieved this from seventh place, leveling Leclerc with 206 points and tying him for the most podium finishes. Crucial to this was the battle with Hamilton, which he inexplicably won.

After leaving the pits after the second pit stop, Alonso again beat Lewis Hamilton on strategy, but just barely. Lewis arrived with a flared tire and was stuck to Fernando Alonso’s car. The Asturian racer could have lost in the next straight, but he made a brilliant move that once again proved that his reading of the race was one step ahead.

The Spaniard knew that Hamilton was about to overtake him and braked early to allow Lewis Hamilton to pass in front of the DRS detection line to attack Lewis. The British did not understand this and complained on the radio that Fernando had done something punishable. “He did a break test for me long before he entered the braking zone,” Hamilton exclaimed. In other words, He accused Fernando of braking in a dangerous manner in front of him. To cause a conflict. But that wasn’t the case.

Hamilton passed him like an airplane on the straight, and Alonso revealed on the radio to his team that his car was once again a turtle on the straight. “Our car is the slowest on the straights, so far.” Alonso said on the radio on lap 38: What no one expected was what would happen immediately after.

Fernando did not release Hamilton’s DRS and instead overtook him, aiming for seventh place, which he eventually achieved. In a worse car. Although he wasn’t able to make McLaren faster or help Aston Martin take fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship from Woking, he did manage to secure fourth place in the very difficult Drivers’ World Championship. I was able to do well enough to maintain my status.

Race direction analyzed Alonso’s actions and decided not to sanction him, despite Hamilton’s complaints on the radio.

Alonso’s reaction to Hamilton’s complaint

And after the race, Fernando Alonso was not disappointed by the reaction on DAZN F1 and was surprised as he recalled what happened 11 years ago. “Hamilton protested that I braked at Turn 5. I was about to give him a DRS. (Hamilton crossed the line first) So that I can pass him. I think we already did it in Canada in 2012. So 11 years later we played a bit of the same cat and mouse game with the DRS line. But he has a lot of quality and a lot of experience…but I have more than that.”, he ended with a laugh, with a childlike and mean face that never ceases to amaze with mischief and confidence, but in his case he was 42 years old. Alonso remains the same. Removes oil from any situation. He did it again against the seven-time champion. That drove him crazy and this Sunday he won the match with a worse car than Lewis.

Race overview

“It was a difficult race, because from the beginning we were already in a bit of a traffic jam with Tsunoda and the McLarens, and Gasly was also behind us. We walked a little bit with our tongues sticking out, trying to keep up. The tires didn’t seem like they were going to stop any time soon. So on lap 16 we stopped and a bit of a domino effect started. Everyone started stopping too. And I think during the race there was always a little bit of traffic in front and behind and there was always a battle. Moments of relaxation There wasn’t. The battle was going in a bad direction for us as we were the slowest car all weekend (on the straights). Also in Las Vegas and Brazil (where he got the podium) our weak point this year. was definitely top speed. And when you’re racing against someone, you suffer a little bit more. But hey, we were able to pass some cars like Hamilton and Tsunoda in this last stint, and that was it. .”

“A wonderful season”

“This season has been unbelievable. I already said that on Thursday and I’m not going to change my mind, no matter how today’s race goes. Whether it’s fourth or fifth in the Drivers’ World Championship. Seventh place doesn’t change anything. And in the constructors’ race they had to fight a little more against McLaren, but they went much faster this weekend, they deserved to finish fourth and we’ll aim for that next year. I will try my best.”

“This is the 10th season, and I can’t remember a season as great as this one on an individual level, along with 2012. Eight podiums and 280 points for the team, ahead of Aston Martin, or even Racing Point and Force India before that. It’s been the best season in the history of any other name. I’m very proud and 12 months ago, when I was testing the Aston Martin here for the first time, I thought this would be in the top five in the World Championship. Who would have said that?”

33 years old in 2024?… “We have to get our act together.”

“I had my 33rd year. Let’s see if next year I can be more settled and start working. But hey, we’ll see. Right now I have to work hard. The next few weeks , I think there’s a lot of homework that needs to be done in the coming months. The car didn’t finish as strong as it did at the beginning of the season and we need to understand that very well. Today, until the last lap. We had a good enough car to fight against AlphaTauri, but not enough to achieve 33rd place or anything like that. So I have to get my act together.”