The Las Vegas GP left us with unique moments that were overlooked at the time. One of them is Fernando Alonso’s attempt to gain position as the race came to an end.
We explained ourselves. The Asturian overtook Hamilton after crossing the finish line on his return to the pits and, eventually, Stewards showed yellow flags at the pit-lane entrance area, where the Briton once again overtook the Aston Martin driver.
“Yes, Hamilton overtook me under the yellow flag“Alonso commented on the radio to his engineer, who wanted to penalize the Mercedes driver by five seconds, a time that would have allowed him to overtake him in the final classification of the race, something he was not able to achieve.
And those points will allow him to get closer to his great end-of-season goal, of finishing fourth in the Constructors’ World Cup.. McLaren currently hold that spot but just 11 points away is Aston Martin, who will attempt the ‘sorpasso’ this Sunday.
Undoubtedly, a complicated goal considering that the Italian team is finishing very well and that they are playing for the runner-up position with Mercedes, who are ahead of them by only four points.
Alonso also faced another exciting challenge in the final race, breaking a tie with Carlos Sainz in fourth place. of the drivers’ world championship. Both have 200 points, so whoever comes first in one wins… courtesy of Lando Norris (195) and Charles Leclerc (188), who also have a chance to make it.
Source: La Verdad
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