“They told me if I could be between 5 seconds away from Lando Norris and 10 seconds from Carlos Sainz because I could also have a penalty, I don’t know, and you always try to be within those limits , but at the same time don’t make mistakes so as not to lose your position behind the car”. This is how he explained Fernando Alonso on ‘DAZN F1’ what he was doing at the end of the Austrian GP. This shows two things: how alert the Aston Martin team is to take advantage of any situation on the track. And Fernando’s ability to execute the team’s plans.
Aston Martin knows that many drivers push the track’s limits in the Austrian race. They are ready to claim. Back then, they needed Alonso to get close to the cars in front of him to get the most out of it. I know that they can benefit from the offices and gain some places and points in the championship if there are penalties after the race. Alonso listened to what Aston Martin asked. The mastermind behind it all is Aston Martin’s sporting director, Andy Stevenson. Fernando, a perfect enforcer who also wants to fish in turbulent rivers.
The speed shown by Aston Martin in the transmissions is key to their goal of becoming a winning team. The green box wants to have all the ingredients: a large factory already in operation, a new wind tunnel and simulator to be released in 2024, talented engineers and a champion behind the wheel. They want to be perfect in their processes to win, and that also goes through an important point in F1: dominate the offices and become skilled at fishing them. Aston Martin presented it with a luxurious accomplice: Fernando Alonso.
The Spaniard won 2 points in Austria to claim his team, Ferrari lost another 4 points in the battle for the Constructors’ World Championship and won another 3 points in Jeddah against the claim that gave him back the podium he had previously won on the track. In total, 5 more points due to Aston Martin’s speed protests and 4 fewer points for Ferrari, a total gain of 9 direct and indirect points.
Specifically, in Austria, they come from being 5 points from Mercedes in the race for runner-up in the Constructors’ World Championship, just 3 behind after claiming it.
2 points to a quick reaction in Austria
The team asked Fernando, riding alone in 6th position, less than 10 seconds behind Carlos Sainz, who was 4th, and less than 5 seconds behind Lando Norris, who was 5th. Despite the worse speed, the man from Oviedo started shooting to achieve that goal and he did it. He was 4 seconds behind Norris and 9 behind Sainz. They knew that both Norris and Carlos could receive punishment. In this case, Sainz could receive one out of 10 after serving a 5″ career penalty and Lando, one out of 5 if the limits were exceeded 3 times. Sainz will be penalized for those 10 seconds. Norris, no, but they were there just in case.
12 point operation
They are ready Alonso reacted in time and thus they got 2 points in Austria. From taking 8 points in 6th place, Alonso added 10 to 5th last position.. And so, Aston Martin and Alonso fulfilled a double purpose: win points for the Constructors’ Championship and deduct some important points in the Constructors’ World Championship from one of their rivals: Ferrari.
Ferrari, with the loss of points suffered by Sainz, went from adding 12 points with Carlos in Austria (4th) to adding 8. Four points less for Ferrari than it would have taken and two more points for Aston Martin: an operation of 6 points.
If we add to this the 3 points that Alonso recovered in Saudi Arabia returned to the podium due to Aston Martin’s complaint, and the 3 points that Russell lost that day in going from 3rd to 4th place, the round gained was 6 points (3 for Aston Martin and 3 less for Mercedes.
Added to the 6 from Austria, the two actions affected a total of 12 points: 6 effectively in favor of Aston Martin and an opportunity cost for their rivals of 3 points less for Ferrari and 3 less for Mercedes.
In Jeddah they regained the podium
Aston Martin’s speed in dispatches and its silliness is evident in Jeddah. There, at first, Fernando Alonso was penalized and stripped of the podium achieved on the track due to a controversial action. The Spaniard was investigated after the race for a possible violation while serving his starting penalty at his pit stop: the mechanic couldn’t hold the car for 5 seconds but the rear jack did. But Aston Martin protested the decision and were brilliant again in doing so, taking advantage of the wording they used in the regulations. The rule states that “you cannot work on the car” before serving the penalty in the pits. Aston Martin clarified that the cat was touched, but in any case it was not proven that “they worked”.
The FIA said, after reviewing a video with 7 different shots, that it could not determine that the fact that the hydraulic jack touched the car could be considered “work done on the car” and Fernando Alonso and Aston took it back Martin. platform. So Aston Martin forced the FIA to redraft that regulation.
Alonso and his reaction in Australia
In Australia, Fernando Alonso has already made it clear to Aston Martin that he is another driver with a viral radio that has toured the world, where he has shown control in every unusual situation. After receiving a touch from Carlos Sainz on the last startand after other accidents, the man from Oviedo reacted quickly to ask the team to restart the race from a standstill due to what happened last year at Silverstone.
“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 look, look”Alonso said. Nothing more said and done. The FIA acted as Fernando said, although this time on his own initiative.
Source: La Verdad
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