Alonso brutally overtook Hamilton and Sainz to add to his podium 99

Fernando Alonso Was happy. The Spaniard finally has a car where he can fight for the important things and the podium Bahrain in his first career at Aston Martin it proves. To achieve third place, they had to beat bronze with Mercedes and Carlos Sainz and he was victorious in two extraordinary maneuvers.

The Asturians were first with them Russell in the first stint but the minor degradation allowed him to pass the DRS. hamilton Things became more difficult for him when they were both mounted on stiffer tires. However, on the twistiest part of the circuit, before the back straight, alonso The seven-time world champion made a master move that the seven-time world champion did not expect to steal his wallet at turn 10 and place fifth.

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The same strategy was used to overcome the performance Sainz sometimes leclerc I have dropped out due to reliability issues. He used DRS on the straights to get as close as possible and in the cornering area, again at 10, he forced the Spaniard to overbrake. Then, on the back straight, he reactivated DRS and moved into third. From there, he squeezed into a Red Bull-level rhythm. On the radio he released”forks! goodbye” (Yes bye). It’s been a long time since the Spaniard looked so happy in the car.

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“It’s always the same, but when you’re fighting at the top with these great drivers and champions it’s a bit more intense, with a bit of adrenaline when you go wheel to wheel. I don’t want to make a mistake or have any contact. When you are 10th, you have nothing to lose but now we are fighting for big things. I’m happy and the car feels great. This has been our strength in testing and this weekend. Even the last 10 laps were long for me because I wanted to see the checkered flag and get on the podium”, he commented. alonso at a press conference.

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“Yes. I’m very happy, I think everyone is impressed with what Aston Martin has done. It’s funny that I was able to compete with Fernando a bit. I would have liked to have had a bit of a performance to be more competitive in different batches, but it’s definitely exciting,” Hamilton told DAZN.