Alonso: “Verstappen will come fast, I know that”

Fernando Alonso arrives at the media corralito Spa-Francorchamos with a smile from ear to ear. The Asturian driver reached his goal, maximizing his qualifying result to start from an unbeatable position in his Alpine: the third square. The Spaniard, knowing that he could get oil because of the many penalties for grid positions (up to 7 drivers), signed a good classification, finishing 6th, but the penalties of his teammate. Ocon (which gave him a slipstream in Q3) and Leclerc and Verstappen pushed him up to third place.

“It’s good. We start P3 tomorrow, so we are in momentary podium position (laughs) at least in the first meters, so I am very happy with how it went. Let’s see if we can have a calm race tomorrow”he said between laughs before ‘DAZN F1’.

However, the player from Oviedo prefers to be realistic. There is no doubt that in the beginning he will give everything to have fun and if he can achieve the positions, he will try. Even if he beats Pérez from a clean finish at the start, he could give his countryman Carlos Sainz some wind so the Madrid man can begin his breakaway attempt. However, he knows that this is not his fight and his ultimate goal, at least a priori, should be to get the fifth or sixth position.

Mercedes (Hamilton is 4th and Russell is 5th) should have better race pace and Fernando has no doubt that Verstappen will start from 15th starting position. And with him, maybe Leclerc.

“The car was good all weekend and it shouldn’t be bad tomorrow. For sure We have strong opponents with Hamilton and Russell just behind and especially Verstappen, who will quickly catch up to us. So we know it too, but included I would like to add some good points”, Then Ferdinand. But don’t hesitate. If there is a ‘Safety Car’ or any problem in front of him, he will try to cut.