The day Alonso scored after two tire punctures: Fernando is looking for another feat in Baku

Fernando Alonso will face the Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix with ambition taking place this weekend in Baku. The Spaniards came with optimism. Since this event was added to the calendar in 2017, it is the first time that the Oviedo man arrives in the ‘land of fire’ with great options to get to the podium, which will be his fourth drawer in the first four today’s race. season.

There was a phrase that Alonso sang yesterday the day before the start of the action that perfectly sums up how much the Asturian’s life has changed this year by having a competitive car like Aston Martin AMR23. “These types of formats don’t help us much, unless the opponent makes a mistake”Alonso said in relation to the change of format from the weekend to the sprint that opens in Baku, with two classifications and a short sleeve on Saturday where riders can take more risks.

That format, with only one free practice session, creates more uncertainty, something Alonso has always wanted in recent years. Not this course, because his car, without the need for excitement or racing madness, is a podium single-seater.

In recent years, Fernando Alonso he had to take advantage of any burning nails to maximize his result. What happened two years ago, in baku 2021is an example of the achievements that Fernando had to make to qualify for a good result in points.

Attack and Defense Masterclass

Within Baku GP 2021, Fernando Alonso He gave a master class in how to perform at a crucial career moment. His Alpine Since then, in a long-distance race, where issues such as tire wear and many other elements come into play, it has not allowed him to aim for more than a tenth position. But after the red flag from Verstappenthe race will be decided with a standing start and two laps only.

No need to think about tire wear, or taking care of the temperature of the brakes, or anything else. Pilots have license to attack without guarding any cartridge. And there, Fernando Alonso, from the tenth position, had the least losses among the drivers in the Top-10. He has already told his team, that he doesn’t care about the risk and hitting the wall of losing points. “I told the team that if I go to the wall, bad luck, but I will try”. And that happened.

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There he showed something that many other pilots do not have, a unique talent that he brought out to perfection again in some maneuvers that, seen from the on-board camera, should be appreciated more.

at that exit, Alonso gained two places in the first corner, slipped inside Ricciardo and Sainz, and shortly after he performed a spectacular maneuver on Tsunoda, changed his position with an unexpected blow from the steering wheel to take the entrance in a more open chicane than usual and attack the Japanese from the outside. Then, he grew up to defend himself. He overtook four cars in 6 corners. He had to take a risk and he did it like a charm. I have nothing to lose. And he went to everyone. another lesson in attack and defense in a circuit where in 2018 he left an image to remember.

Baku 2018: A car falling apart at the seams

One of the races that Fernando’s fans keep in his memory is Baku 2018, an appointment that the pilot himself referred to as “probably the best race” of his life so far. He was 7th, but the best thing was how he did it: after Sirotkin caught him at the start and caused two holes.

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Alonso then gave everyone a lesson: don’t give up and fight to the end. He went around the entire circuit on two wheels and had to fight his car to get to the pits. He came out last on the track, with a broken bottom, but he went for it. “I started overtaking the cars and came back. Then in the last ‘Safety Car’ we got positions at the end. The truth is that the result was surprising with a car that was half broken. So happy,” he said after the racewhich ended with “the car badly damaged.” He put that McLaren in 7th place. Now, ‘Magic’ wants to shine again in the ‘land of fire’, this time in the fight for the podium. Or maybe something else…