Fernando Alonso could not hide his delight after completing another race with a return from first 13th to last 6th in F1 Netherlands GP 2022, on a track where in theory it would be very difficult for him to get a good haul of points, starting far away due to the stopper Pérez made in qualifying. On a track where it is difficult to overtake, the Spaniard excelled with a very good racing strategy of Alpine and a perfect implementation of oviedo. Because of this, Fernando did not hesitate to assure ‘DAZN F1’ at the end of the race that such a result was not within his expectations.
“We were hoping to get into the points. But after the start, I was a bit boxed in from the outside, I thought I would struggle”, said Alonso, who lost a lot of time in the first laps running behind two more slow cars, the two Alpha Tauri. . However, the Spaniard was too aggressive to overtake them. And then came a good hand up Alpine’s sleeve. They immediately stopped Alonso to put him on hard rubber, a tire that surprising everyone because of the great performance that came with it from Oviedo.
“But hey, we passed Alpha Tauri on the track, we stopped early to put the hard tires and we have to squeeze them as much as possible”, he added. “And in the end we had a set of new softs that were easy to use. Then the last ‘Safety Car’ hit us because everyone stopped and put on tires that were a little cooler than us, and I was scared for Norris and Esteban (Ocon). But nothing, we held on and the truth is sixth which we didn’t think yesterday”added the Spaniard, who had to defend himself against Lando Norris in the end, the ability to win another place with a penalty of 5 seconds to Carlos Sainz.
Alonso finished 6th and this, along with Ocon’s ninth place, left him in the absence of 7 races, only 7 points behind his teammate Esteban, with 66 points occupies eighth place in the championship, while Alonso is 9th with 59. All this, thanks to the fact that Fernando has found consistency in the points taken away from him by luck at the beginning of the year because of his many problems unrelated to his piloting he has. Alonso has 10 points scoring careers and can only hope his streak continues: “I said it in Barcelona, that I expected to find a streak of making 10 races in a row in the points, so I was a little scared in Monza because it was the 11th (laughs).. Let’s see if we can do 11 or 12 in a row”, he finished happily before reaching out Monza to ride against his former ‘tifosi’.
Source: La Verdad
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