The Asturian admits that the race was marked by contact with the British at the start, but also by his team’s poor strategy
Fernando Alonso was satisfied but not happy with his result in the Belgian GP Formula 1. The Spaniard finished fifth in a test in which he finished a few meters second, which this result, although positive (confirms fourth place for Alpine in the World Constructors’ Championship) , how short.
The contact with Lewis Hamilton was decisive, but not the only reason why the result was not optimal. “We started third and finishing fifth is good because we thought we would finish a little further back. It was harder than we thought, because of the start and then the strategy, because we always stop very early. We struggled to get to the checkered flag,” he pointed directly to the Alpine wall. In general, he doesn’t have to hold back anymore, so these kinds of complaints will be constant until the end of the season.
As for the Hamilton accident, Alonso didn’t pay much attention to what his teammate was at McLaren in 2007. “Shutting the door like that on the first lap surprised me a bit,” he said of the touch, though he let it go. thereby. The best news for Alonso is that he continues to add up and they are in points for nine races in a row. “The consistency is very good and so is the rhythm, we are moving in fairly comfortable races, with a margin with the laggards. Keep it up,” he wished.
From that same Saturday, Carlos Sainz was aware that he would not be able to hold Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez if the first came back quickly and the second crushed him. That was confirmed in this Sunday’s appointment, something the Dutchman is already counting on to become champion within a month.
“The first two rounds were strong but with a high relegation we were relegated more than we should have. We will have to learn because we have not been so competitive here, Red Bull is in a different league,” Sainz said after the race.
Beyond his rivals, it was a more difficult Sunday for the Spaniard than expected. “I didn’t expect it to be such a long-suffering race, I was hoping for a chance to defend ourselves. Red Bull had less relegation, they were faster on the straight, they put a lot in us per lap. It tastes a bit bad after pole position and being ahead of the first two laps,” he said, before giving his team a cape calling the Ferrari wall performance a “perfect execution”.
Source: La Verdad
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