The F1 drivers They had to face an extreme situation in F1 Qatar GP. There were pilots who passed out at the medical center, he said Norris. Another one, it seems take a walk, who claimed to have suffered minor blackouts while piloting. In its part, Logan Sargent He retired on lap 41 due to dehydration. Albon He suffered severe heat stroke and did not have the strength to get out of his car. And Alonso also suffered it in his flesh.
It is a breed of pure survival due to the extreme heat in the cabins, in an environment that is not conducive, with humidity of 75%, 31 degrees ambient temperature and hot air. The FIA forced everyone to make at least 3 stops, which meant that the drivers could not manage the tires and were at full throttle all the time. It made everything worse. Also for Asturian.
Fernando Alonso says he experienced “one of the most difficult races” of his sports career. And mean. And I am sure that this is the worst in recent years in this regard. The most physical. To the complications experienced by the pilots, Fernando and his partner Lance Stroll added to the extreme difficulty of having the pilot whose right side of the seat was on fire. “The seat is on fire. Can we do anything at the pit stop? “give me water or something”, exclaimed the Asturian pilot before his second stop. And obviously, for security reasons, they can’t help him.
He went on and scored
It continued on the track with difficulty, which added to a car that was very difficult to tame, with a lot of punch. One of these led him to leave the track and lose fifth place to Leclerc. Finally, Alonso was 6th.
After the race, Fernando Alonso’s physical demands were evident in his racing suit. On his on-board camera, when Alonso stood up to leave his seat, you could see the green of his jumpsuit change color, mostly darker because it was soaked with sweat. In a race like this, F1 drivers lose 4 liters of sweat in 2 hours of competition. An outrage we must add the burn that Alonso felt on the right side of his back.
“I tested here once with Nasser in August, it’s the same as today. In Qatar it’s always a bit extreme at this time of the year. In our case, both Lance and I had problems with the temperature on the right side of our seat, I got burned in the first 15 laps, so I even asked on the radio if they could pour me water or something in the pit stops, something which seems forbidden. So yes, it was quite extreme,” commented the man from Oviedo to the press.
Source: La Verdad
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