grass hillformer pilot british f11996 world champion with Williams, and now acts as a commentator, joked with ‘NationF1’ Podcast about the special ability that Fernando Alonso has to read the race all the time and remember the F1 regulations and what happened in other previous races to take advantage of it.
That’s what happened to Australian F1 GP which was held last weekend in Melbourne. Fernando Alonso surprised everyone with a viral radio where, at a crucial moment in the race, with only two laps to go, after receiving the touch from Carlos Sainz, he instructed his team to ask the FIA to cite he will continue in the same grid positions occupied by the drivers in the stationary restart that occurred before some accident occurred.
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“Look, because a year ago, at Silverstone, the same thing happened and everything restarted, Look at it, fast! The car is fine, I can continue but take a look at it right away”the Asturian driver declared to his team, recalled inside his car, a few seconds after Sainz touched him, that in Great Britain 2022, when Zhou had an accident, the race management kept the previous starting positions for the subsequent restarting.
Because of the speed of thought and Alonso’s tremendous display of having every detail under control behind the wheel of his Aston Martin, Damon Hill did not hesitate to joke that he would choose Fernando Alonso as his lawyer to defend you against any accusation. “We’re joking that Alonso should be a lawyer. He’s going to defend me on a murder charge!”Damon Hill jokingly revealed in the aforementioned podcast.
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Alonso and his ability to read the race
“It’s boring to drive a car, he has to do something else. He runs and says, ‘Can I do the strategy too? Give me more information.'” The Briton commented on Fernando Alonso’s ability to read the race at all times and discuss the plan to follow with the team.
“He needs to be a team leader”
“He already understands the rules. You expect someone who has been in Formula 1 as long as he has and has experienced everything, to have learned something, but you can’t assume it happens automatically,” he commented, making obviously not all pilots know how to make the most of the rules.
In that sense, Damon Hill compared the Spaniard to another brilliant pilot in his driving like Michael Schumacher. “He’s invested in it, he understands it and he knows it, like Michael Schumacher. Michael understood where the gaps were, where the opportunities were, and he took advantage of them, and so did Fernando. He needs to be a team manager, because he will be great. Just understand this game.”finished
Source: La Verdad
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