Alonso: “Williams, the McLaren of the middle zone”

After a very complicated weekend for Fernando Alonsothe Asturian tried to remove some iron from the situation. The two-time F1 world champion started the GP in seventh position, benefiting from a penalty of George Russell and After a brilliant performance in ‘qualifying’, however, that position was short-lived, as after a bad start, the Asturian was back in tenth position in just one lap. Unfortunately for the Spaniard, who was trying to maintain a high pace, he lost three more positions throughout the race, resulting in a thirteenth position and fifteenth for his teammate, Throw away take a walk.

Aston Martin and the ‘improvements’

The British team introduced a large package of improvements for this GP, with the aim of establishing itself as the fifth team in the constructors’ championship and improving the weak aspects of the car. However, that seems to be the case Aston Martin It requires more time to understand these improvements and apply the relevant settings necessary to get the most juice from the evolution package. Currently, if we stick to performance, they are seventh or eighth cars on the grid, the podiums achieved in 2023 are a long way off.

Williams’ situation

Williams For its part, it did not introduce any improvements, perhaps the wise move to a weekend in the ‘Sprint’. Both pilots Albon and Cola pintohad errors on their qualifying lap and were left outside the points zone, fourteenth and fifteenth respectively. In the race the Williams It doesn’t seem like a particularly fast car, but it’s fast enough, with good performance, to score points. So he did Franco Colapintofinished the GP in tenth position, six positions ahead of his teammate Albonafter a career full of achievements and battles.

Until the last moment, the Argentine driver appreciated the fastest lap that gave him an additional point to his score, however, the Argentine driver Alpine, Ocon stole that from him performing a late pit-stop. In any case, Franco Colapinto, Race by race he is proving that he deserves to sit on the grid next year in F1.

The statements

After the GP, both drivers, Fernando Alonso and Franco Colapintomet in a mixed zone to answer questions from the media. Fernando Alonso He was not surprised and indicated that they were already expecting the result in the race. A few moments later, the Spanish pilot grabbed his arm Cola pinto while joking: “Now there is no fight, he is a second faster than us, Williams is the new McLaren of the central zone”. For his part, the Argentine pilot laughed and continued his interview with the media.