Fernando Alonso He was having fun on the track at the wheel of an Alpine surprisingly at his great speed this weekend at the Australian F1 GP. He was where he wanted to be, in the middle of the Q3 battle, with a car that gave him a good feel and that allowed him to be fast. The goal was fifth place, but I wanted to try to scratch others with a surprisingly fast car. I’m going for it. On his first attempt in Q3, with 7 minutes left in the session, the man from Oviedo went for it all and set a record in the second sector. But all of a sudden it all came to nothing when he crashed into one of the walls of Albert Park.
Apparently, according to the driver from Oviedo, he could not lower the gears because of a problem with his vehicle, something that prompted him to hit the protections. In fact, even riding is noticeable how the engine stops in the middle of the curve. “I had a hydraulic problem and I couldn’t downshift,” Alonso said on the radio.
The Spaniard said in Jeddah that his position in the overall World Cup classification did not reflect the good feeling and speed he had in Alpine, that he should have been higher and that in Saudi Arabia he had achieved fifth place. He asked that destiny not abandon him on subsequent dates, but he ignored her. He was once again affected by Alpine’s reliability.
The red flag struck Sainz
Carlos Sainz was also hit by bad luck. The Spanish driver came on to put himself in first position against Charles Leclerc on his good first attempt in Q3. The man from Madrid was somewhat defeated in the first sector, but recovered everything in the second and was already in position to take first place, but the race direction showed the red flag due to Alonso’s incident before Carlos crossed the finish line, in a few meters. , something Sainz didn’t score in the first half.
This left Carlos in a very difficult position. Charles Pérez and Verstappen were able to set at least once, while Carlos had to play a card with no time on the table when the session resumed with just 6 minutes left.
Source: La Verdad
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