Unbelievable: Alonso silences everyone with these statements at Silverstone

He did it again. When it seems impossible for Fernando Alonso to surprise by showing his incredible control of every detail in a Grand Prix, he does it. In this course, the man from Oviedo has been the protagonist on many occasions in the media and in the networks for his side as an engineer shown behind the wheel, while driving, for example, between the walls of raw either Miami, is at its fastest pace. And this time, at Silverstoneleft the Spanish press present at the circuit speechless in one of his reflections after the qualifying session.

MD asked the Spaniard about how “different” F1 is because of the huge leaps in quality made by teams like McLaren and Williams at Silverstone. The Woking team seemed to sink at the start of the course and became very competitive in Austria with the improvements Norris brought to his car and confirmed in the British GP classification with excellent performances from its two drivers (Norris was 2nd and Piastri is 3rd).

That’s when Alonso pulled some eye-popping stats out of his sleeve: “Amazing Championship? No. We have short memories. Last year I think I started Alpine 7th or 8th and there was Albon here next to me on the same starting line. He got into Q3. At Monza Albon got into Q3 and Nyck de Vries made his debut and I think he got into Q3 as well (he was tenth in the race). And when we get to Monza and we see Williams in Q3, we’ll say what a strange F1.”he commented.

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“Austria too, last year, McLaren did very well, at Silverstone, and then they finished the regular year, when we beat them at Alpine. So, in Abu Dhabi we do the math.”he continued. Williams’ stats and data from last year are not expected to come up his sleeve. But he did.

“Our rivals are very good, there are improvements. We have done very well in the first 9 races and we will see in the next 11 who is better, It culminated in a media appearance where he gave a real master class with his analysis of the situation of his team and his rivals just a few minutes after getting out of the car, without having time to talk about it with his engineer

And there was even…

“It’s unbelievable, it’s all in his head”, exclaimed a well-known international journalist in the press room of Silverstone, who was also shocked by the excellence of the data and situation of Oviedo. Even though he had known him for several years, he was surprised again.

In front of the televisions, another journalist promoted his statements about Williams and reminded him that the Grove team was already very fast last year at Silverstone with Latifi, who entered Q3. Alonso has another answer for this: “Yeah, but he only got two points all year.” He recalled the points achieved by Latifi in 2022, something that many fans or F1 specialists may not know how to answer without first consulting the overall World Cup last year. That reporter was also hallucinating. It’s all in his head. He proved it again. Pilot, engineer and team leader. It has everything.

In Austria he was surprised by his ‘calculator’

In Austria, a week ago, the driver of Oviedo surprised everyone by taking out the car, emphasizing the points achieved by Ferrari and Mercedes compared to Aston Martin in the sprint race in the battle for second place in the Constructors’ World Championship, as if he had a calculator in the car.

And at Silverstone, the game was spent reminding MD of the punctual performance jump that McLaren had last year at tracks like Austria and Silverstone and his subsequent downfall, as well as the jump only made by Williams at Silverstone and Monza. All this, to make it clear that perhaps what was seen in the classification of the British GP is not a real image and more of a pattern that is repeated because of how well a particular circuit is given to a team for any reason.

This course has surprised some radio engineers

On the radio, he told the team to share his braking distribution with his teammate Lance Stroll, or even applaud the Canadian’s overtaking and follow his race on the screens while competing at more than 300 km/h in the fight for a podium. Apart from his tremendous control over every situation on the track and his leadership of the team, Fernando also stands out for his ability to analyze everything that happens on the track.