He had to make a very difficult decision. Risk or not Going for the long-awaited victory in 33rd, something that could lead him to leave the track and jeopardize a guaranteed podium for the team, or choose to defend second place. The Dutch GP was stopped due to a red flag due to heavy rain. He thought a lot about his options, discussed it with the team, talked about his feelings, and Aston Martin hid the captain’s armband from him at a crucial moment. They told him they trusted his intuition, to do what he thought was best. And finally, he took a risk, but he didn’t want to do anything crazy that would throw away a very important drawer for the morale of the group and for the Constructors’ World Championship. At turn 14, the Spaniard took the risk of going full throttle on cold tires on the 18 degree bank. He tried to get as close as possible to Max to attack him. But he couldn’t do it. From there, he continued to experiment with different lines, but always kept the situation under control. The second was his and it was a big award for a big career. The pilot himself explained this in the press conference after the Dutch GP, under the watchful eye of Verstappen and Pierre Gasly.
“I was thinking about trying it, not being conservative. At the red flag, I was thinking a lot about what to do, I thought about the possibilities I had, obviously moving into Turn 3 was something that was in my head, as well at Turn 1 and I talked about it. with the team to share my feelings, but I didn’t want to compromise some great points for the team, because second position is also very important”, he commented.
“But they were happy to let me try and trust me no matter what I decided, so at the turn 14 exit (with an 18 degree bank, double the Indianapolis oval), I tried to launch my lap on the gas. flat out on the bank on cold tires, which is quite dangerous, and I tried to be next to Max at the end of Turn 1, but I wasn’t close enough for it,” he added.
“Later I tried different lines, inside, outside, always opposite of Max, because on the first lap, to see if I had a tighter grip on any of my lines than him. It was close, but not enough”, he concluded in this thing..
His stunning overtake at turn 3 on the exit
In addition, Fernando Alonso detailed the reason why he made magic in the first corner, with a stunning double overtaking in the most difficult corner of the track, in turn 3, with a bank of 19 degrees, and when it started to rain.
“In FP2 I was wet and on one of the laps out on the track I left two cars, outside the normal racing line and found a lot of grip on the inside. It was a coincidence. So I had it in my mind throughout all day. weekend weather, that if it rains in the race, I will try again. Actually, when I was on the starting grid and the red light came on for the start of the race, I had a lot of rain on the helmet visor. That the worst feeling you can have, because you’re about to start a race with dry tires and in your visor you can see it’s raining. So you have no idea of the grip you’ll see in curve 1, under braking, or in turn 3,” he explained .
“I thought everyone would be a bit careful in Turn 3 because of the grip level and also outside of Turn 3 there is ARAMCO paint[mula sa isang sponsorship]so I thought of going to the inside line. And it worked. And we were able to pass them and I definitely think it could be the overtaking of the month…”, he finished with a laugh. Perhaps, it is more, the advancement of the year.
Source: La Verdad
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