Fernando Alonso starred in one of the most viral moments of first day of testing for F1 Azerbaijan GP. completely free practice session, at the Baku urban circuit, the Spaniard was surprised by a plastic bag that he was suspended in the air and stuck in his car.
In current F1 cars, any element, no matter how small, can affect the performance of the car because it can change the direction of the air flow, a key element in the aerodynamic behavior of the car. In addition, anything that can be introduced anywhere in the car can cause an accident. Because of this, Fernando had to be informed on the radio to tell him that He has a plastic bag attached to the left side of his ‘Halo’, the protective element for the pilots’ head.
“Fernando, on the left side of your Halo there is a plastic bag, if possible raise your left hand and try to remove it,” his track engineer told him over the radio, calling for the man from Oviedo is pilot in one hand between the walls of Bakuroll at a slower speed to try to find the bag and remove it from there, something that is always complicated on a track with narrow areasbetween the walls, and with the need to get out of the way whenever a car approaches on a sharp turn from behind.
Not without complications
At bat, Alonso, stuck in the cockpit and with poor vision, couldn’t find the ball and needed some instructions on the radio.
“Just next to your head on the left side. You might not be able to reach it, I just watched you.”the engineer said as Alonso grabbed his helmet and raised his right arm to find it. But it’s more to the left.
“A little more toward the Halo. Yes, a little down, down. Below the Halo,” The team repeated on the radio, until Fernando reached it, not without complications, to remove it with his right hand, the opposite of that location, since it was impossible for him to reach it with his left.
“You got it, well done. No one comes from behind,” concluded his engineer when Alonso finished with that small delay, which did not prevent him from continuing his work program scheduled for this Friday.
Source: La Verdad
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