Alonso’s mysterious viral radio in Canada: What is Aston Martin trying to tell him?

Yesterday Fernando Alonso finished in 2nd position in the 2023 F1 Canadian GP in a race where his car showed a great step forward due to the package of evolutions that he debuted at the event in Canada. For most of the race, the Spaniard rode behind Max without allowing the Dutchman to extend his lead at the front of the race.different from what was seen in the previous Grand Prix. And there are still laps where Fernando is cutting Verstappen.

however, Fernando Alonso had to stop earlier than expected to defend Max’s stop. He couldn’t stop as long as he wanted. The strategy worked against him because he didn’t have the new medium rubber (the best yesterday), tire that Verstappen has. Also, in the next batch, the team asked him to do the ‘lift and coast’ technique, i.e. lift off the accelerator earlier at the end of the straight to reduce fuel consumption for a possible fuel system problem. That made his times worse.

after all this, Fernando Alonso achieved an excellent second position, 9 seconds behind Verstappen. And then, a radio message from his engineer caught his attention: “Good job, man. We know you had a little problem, but you did a great job. Think that without that problem Verstappen would have…”. Don’t know how he followed that sentence. Fernando cut it as follows: “I know, I know. I don’t want to say anything.”

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“Well done guys. I’m happy. I’m happy. We gave it our all again. Great pit stops”, continued Fernando, who after the race was very satisfied with the performance of his car and stressed that the fact that Hamilton overtook him at the start and his fight for second place prevented him from getting close to Max. Is that what your engineer meant? Can Alonso push Max more? Do they really believe they can win the race?

“I want to win this race, man”

Earlier, Alonso had starred in another radio highlight on lap 48, when he had to use the ‘lift and coast’ technique to reserve fuel. “Tell me if the ‘lift and coast’ thing is ok. I want to stop doing it”, said the Asturian to his engineer. “Yes we will, but please keep it up”they answered from the wall. “I want to win the race, man”Fernando said when he was 5 seconds from Max.

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