F1 surrendered to Fernando Alonso: he won the podium in the Top-10 overtaking so far this year

Formula 1 once again surrendered to Fernando Alonso. After his excellent start to the year, where he found himself with the second best car on the grid in his hands, the man from Oviedo made the most of his car’s performance to show his immense level. He made it to 6 podiums in the first 8 races, before McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari surpassed Aston Martin with their best evolutions of their respective single-seaters. Until then, the Spaniard maximized his podium chances and showed tremendous consistency. And not only that, also his excellent overtaking quality which helped him win 3 of the 5 prizes awarded so far for the best overtaking of the month. now, F1 has produced the best overtaking ranking so far this year, in the first 12 races. Those 3 Asturian movements take over the first three positions.

His best actions, the 3 best for F1:

Fernando Alonso took the prize for overtaking of the month in March with a spectacular move against Lewis Hamilton all the way back to the podium in the course’s first race, in Bahrain. In the most difficult curve to overtake him, when he did not expect it, the man from Oviedo prepared for the overtake by changing his line in the previous curves to get inside the Englishman who applauded everyone. “I had a faster car and better tires, it probably wasn’t hard,” Alonso said of that overtake.

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The second prize awarded, for the month of April, also went to the man from Oviedo thanks to his excellent overtaking of Carlos Sainz in Baku. The Asturian entered the car with seemingly no gap, initially after the departure of the ‘Safety Car’. This is an important moment. If he wants to pass, it must be at that moment. There seemed to be no room, but he entered his car amazingly to gain position. “It was at the beginning of Baku, after the ‘Safety Car’ and it was the moment to take a risk. That lap was very important to have clean air. And yes, it’s good that my name is in the first two months of the championship”, he commented to Alonso when he received the April award for that overtaking.

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In May, Magnussen took out Sargeant for an aggressive pass at Monaco, and in June Fernando Alonso repeated it with another great move against Hamilton. This time, it was at the last chicane in Canada, in front of the so-called Wall of Champions in a race where the Oviedo rider was once again on the podium. In July, after Aston Martin fell behind its rivals, the best overtaking award went to Pére over Piastri in Hungary.

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They are all included in the Top-10 overtakings made by F1 in the first 12 races (13 counting Imola’s suspension).

Top-10 best overtaking according to F1:

• 10: Walk Sainz in Saudi Arabia.
• 9: Pérez overtakes Piastri in Hungary with huge resistance from the Australian.
• 8: Norris to Sargeant in Belgium
• 7: Russell, on Leclerc in the F1 British GP with good overtaking on the outside, with the new medium tires making the difference.
• 6: Walk, over Bottas in Canada, at the finish line to take ninth from him.
• 5: Ocon to Tsunoda in Belgium at the chicane after the Kemmel straight.
• 4: Magnussen on Sargeant in Monaco, no gap, with a very aggressive move.
• 3: Alonso, over Sainz in Baku. Overtaking was done after the restart after the ‘Safety Car’. There was no hole, but he found it.
• 2: Alonso, in Hamilton in Canadain the last corner, at the Wall of Champions.
• 1: Alonso, over Hamilton in Bahrain. A fantastic overtaking mid way back en route to the first podium of the year in the course’s first race. “I had a faster car and better tires, probably not difficult,” he said of that overtake.

Prizes for the best overtaking of the month:

1. March: Alonso to Hamilton in Bahrain
2. April: Alonso to Sainz in Baku
3. May: Magnussen in Monaco
4. June: Alonso at Hamilton in Canada
5. July: Pérez in Piastri in Hungary