23 years have passed since his debut in Formula 1 and the fire still remains in the body of Fernando Alonso, 43 years old, 402 grand prizes on his service record, a life dedicated to racing and its problems. Without any option of winning a race this year, the 33rd has become a mirage, several leagues from the lead that Verstappen, Norris and Russell now drive, with the second worst car of the ten in the F1 dance, a great distance away. closing prize 2024, still beats like a lion.
«This is amazing guys“We’ve had the same problem on the straights for two years,” he shouts over the Aston Martin’s radio. Spanish is a rock. Despite everything, he remains firm, takes advantage of the falls of others and scores points by finishing seventh.
Alonso once again extracted oil in the Qatar classification and achieved an eighth place finish, the last stage in Q3, which confirmed his enthusiasm and competitiveness. But on Sunday the story is reversed and the strip of disappointments returns for the Asturian, who is frustrated in the race due to the slowness of the car compared to his more unknown adversaries, Haas, RB, Alpine… «Our top speed is worrying», he had commented on the same channel a few minutes before.
Always demanding, Alonso once again lives with the frustration that he has known so many times in his career. That McLaren with a Honda engine that stopped on every slope, the punchless Alpine with which he returned to F1, the second version of the Renault in 2008 and 2009… The Spanish driver processes the decline of Aston Martin with another temper outside of the track. On the circuits it is the same shark as always. “It hasn’t been such a bad year, we have Newey,” he said in Qatar, in memory of a better future.
The race in Qatar was soporific until than a rearview mirror It wreaked havoc on the track. The Albon mirror lost and the glass punctured numerous tires to the point of causing a safety car and a certain reversal of the classification. The grand prix then became lively, the drivers lost control and a few sanctions (Norris, Hamilton) shook things up. Another blow for Norris, a driver who cannot catch up to Verstappen, winner again with Carlos Sainz in sixth position.
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