Alonso wipes his hands at Red Bull’s ‘pique’: “There is talk of a hot environment”

It is hidden. As his great friend Flavio Briatore said a few weeks ago in ‘Il Corriere della Sera’, Alonso will not miss any chance to win. The moment he needed to touch her, everyone would follow him. The Spaniard knows how to persevere for years in search of a competitive F1 car. That moment had arrived and he took advantage of it starting with two podium finishes in the first two races. And knowing that from this start the two Red Bulls are far superior, The Asturian is waiting for his moment to take the final step and achieve the much talked about victory 33 in his F1 record.

In Australia, on paper, you Aston Martin take part in good ballots to repeat his performances aspiring to the podium, again as the second best car in the race. In jeddahthe expected ‘Safety Vehicle’ they didn’t give him a chance to fight for the win. But with this third appointment of the year, the Spaniard knows that in Melbourne there are also options for something to happen. And in this context, he did not hesitate to joke about the possible relationship between the two Red Bull, Verstappen and Perezin the fight for victory in Australia.

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“I’m looking forward to it. I wish I could get the 33rd victory that is talked about so much. But at the same time, be realistic,” he commented on ‘DAZN F1’.

“We know that the Red Bulls are too far ahead today. But hey, anything can happen: a reliability problem… a relationship between them, which is also talked about a lot with a hot environment, and we will. be helpful”he commented, framing a smile when he referred to the internal ‘pique’ between Max Verstappen and ‘Checo’ Pérez.

Safety car… or Red Bull failures

In Australia, the safety car can change the race. He knows alonso. And that in Australia “anything can happen”. In fact, an example of this is that only two winners of the last nine races held in Australia have started from pole position. (Lewis Hamilton in 2015 and Charles Leclerc in 2022).

But he also knows that another variable that can give him success is the nerves experienced in the energy drink box after the dispute in the first two appointments. Last year, Verstappen and Perez They had already engaged in a heated controversy because the Dutchman did not want to help ‘Czech‘ giving him his position in Brazil so that he can achieve second place in world when Max didn’t play anymore. It ends with some dangerous accusations from Max’s environment about the Mexican.

‘Checo’ begins this 2023 by sending a dire warning, making it clear that if Max doesn’t help him, he won’t either.

To all this we have to add the radio full of distrust in Verstappen in Bahrain regarding Pérez when the world champion is comfortably leading the race. AND the matter continued on another controversial radio station in Saudi Arabiawhere Max continued to push Pérez to see if he could make it despite the risk involved as they both scored a double for the team. Max ended that race by taking the fastest lap from Pérez on the last lap, who was surprised to realize that the team’s orders were different and Max did not follow them.

Despite all this, perez Arrived at Australia making sure he clears up what happened during the quick lap in jeddah and the environment is “nice”. “We all want to win. I hope that one point does not make a difference in the future. The key is to maintain this level during 21 races”he expressed, wanting to maintain the level exhibited in Jeddah to be able to stand up to Max.

waiting for developments

For now, with the cars from the start of the World Cup, Fernando will have to wait for a problem with the Red Bulls (Verstappen already experienced a shaft setback in the ‘qualification’ of Saudi Arabia) or a relationship between of two to aim for. to success. AND As the course progresses, it will be necessary to see whether Aston Martin can take advantage of the greater margin for improvement that its car should be as a new single-seater. and not an evolution like the RB19. also the truth to have more wind tunnel time available through regulation to try to further improve his car and catch Red Bull sometimes

For now, Alonso will have to wait for the two Red Bulls for luck to smile on him to achieve victory. It was his turn to rub his hands in a possible confrontation between the Mexican and the Dutch. Alonso was on guard.