Red Bull boss praises Alonso: “He’s a wily old fox”

Red Bull boss Christian Hornerpraised the defense made by Fernando Alonso in the final laps of Brazilian GP before the one ‘Checo’ Pérez who recognized that he had a better rhythm than the Asturian. The Briton clarified that the data managed by the team indicated that the Mexican was faster than him red bull than the Asturian’s Aston Martin, but he featured what “old dog” with Fernando Alonso leveling the balance and complicating things for the Mexican with his driving.

“Aston Martin took a great step forward. We saw them run with very low downforce in the race, and it seemed to work. They were very fast on the straights. And I think Checo obviously had to wear out his tires, starting ninth on the grid and running into traffic. And he did it very well,” Horner said in remarks reported by the ‘Motorsport.com’ portal.

“In the software, especially at the end, you can see that ‘Checo’ is faster. But Fernando (Alonso) is a smart old fox and very well positioned in the car. And it was a great race between the two” It’s really entertaining to see the two of them chasing each other like that.”argument.

Alonso evens things out with his hands

The way in which Horner Fernando points out that he speaks for himself, and that is that the Asturian was able to make it difficult for him to persecute Perez its line changes continuously in the curves of Interlagos avoid ‘Czech’ read what his point is and find out where to attack it. In addition, he seeks to put him in dirty air so that the aerodynamics of ‘Checo’s’ car are less effective. But more importantly, it made a difference by drawing curves before straight ones. With them, he lost the total lap time, but he achieved the most important thing at that moment: greater traction at that point to increase his speed on the straight and prevent Pérez from exploiting the speed of his RB19 straight past him.

There are times Red Bull said Perez to copy lines of Fernando. But if he did, he would encounter foul air that made his pursuit difficult.

So, Horner’s words. In a slower car, he managed to beat Pérez’s Red Bull. He did it thanks to his strategy, his ability to maximize his options in important moments. A genius.

Horner keeps the positive: the runner-up

For this reason, Horner seems clear that it is more to Alonso’s credit than to ‘Checo’s’ demerit that the Mexican missed the podium. And he looks at the glass half full, highlighting what is most important for the Red Bull team: The ‘Czech’ came out stronger in the runners-up position in the World Championship because he got some important points from a Hamilton who suffered. on the tire of a Mercedes with excessive wear. Pérez is currently 32 points ahead of Hamilton with two races remaining.

If nothing unusual happens, the runner-up will be theirs and thus fulfill Red Bull’s priority goal after winning the Drivers’ World Championship with Max Verstappen and the Constructors’ Championship. They want to take the first two places in the Drivers’ World Championship to make things even better.