Fernando Alonso, once again, he was able to give a show on the track in the Austrian GP. The Spaniard, forced to start from the back of the starting grid after an electrical problem prevented him from taking part in the Sprint race on Saturday, was able to climb up to tenth position at the finish line, collecting a small point for his classification. Alonso, however, could have done even better without any hitch in the strategy of his team, the Alpine, which forced him to stopping in the pits twice in two consecutive laps during the Virtual Safety Car in the final part of the race, further complicating his Sunday. The qualities of the two-time world champion, a veteran of the Circus with his 40 years, were also celebrated in recent days by the German press, which instead gave decisively against the Enstone team.
“The 40-year-old driver makes the others look old as he scores”Journalist Ludwig Degmayr told German TV RTL. “For the first time this season Alonso was almost lucky – underlined Degmayr, referring to the timing of the exit of the VSC in the final part of the race – by fitting new soft tires, an attack on the two Mercedes and a podium would also have been possible “, he added. Once again, however, in the opinion of the German pen, Alpine’s strategy took care of everything to ruin itcompared by Degmayr – not without a certain perfidy – to the Ferrari.
“Everyone forgot that the Alpine is a blue and pink Ferrari in terms of strategy and human errors, so they put the wrong tires on Alonso, who had to pit again soon after, without the VSC anymore. So he restarted 14th instead of fighting for the top five “. Certainly, however, the two-time world champion is proving that he deserves his seat in F1, even if the contract that binds him to the Enstone team expires at the end of the year: “To all the critics who argue that Alonso should give way to young talents it must be said that young people must first learn to drive faster than Alonso and it does not appear that this will happen in the foreseeable future“Finally underlined Degmayr.
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