2023-07-02 16:54:04
In the end it did not rain on Sunday, nor the improvements in the DRS of Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin They have been as decisive as expected. Aston Martin had a hard time setting a competitive pace and several competitors came out. Above all Ferrari, which has worked well at the Red Bull Ringalso Norris’s McLaren that signed the best race so far this season.
Nevertheless, Fernando’s fifth position knows little —the Asturian finished sixth in the race, but gains a place after Aston Martin’s claim that the FIA has ended up accepting—, but if we have to extract any positive information from him, it is that the two-time world champion was ahead of the two Mercedes, seventh and eighth, with which the second position in the Constructors’ World Championship is being played. alonso consolidates his third place in the drivers’ ranking but they must continue working on the development of the car if they want to show themselves, next season, as true opponents of Red Bull.
The bull’s team, especially its number one Max Verstappen, is intractable. The Dutchman is experiencing one of his best sporting moments, everything comes out and everything does well. Such is the trust between car and driver that Verstappen could afford to make an extra stop at the end of the race to qualify for the fastest lap and further increase his distance in front of the general classification. Nothing seems to be able to disturb the number one Red Bull, who does nothing more than break records and has already placed himself, by number of victories, Among the top five drivers in F1 historysurpassing a myth like Ayrton Senna.
Austria, the home of Red Bull. has seen both pilots take the podium. Also Checo Pérez, who staged a spectacular comeback twelve positions. With the third final position, Pérez has saved his position at Red Bull, much questioned from Monaco for the lack of results. But in Austria not only the Mexican has breathed, because Ferrari seems to have found some breath and above all performance in his car, enough to return to the podium.
Charles Leclerc has returned to the drawer to the car of the prancing Horsealthough the one who made the most merits to get on the podium has been a Carlos Sainz who finished fourth in the race but finally finishes sixth after receiving the penalty of two positions.
The Spanish driver was brilliant, showed pace, courage and knew how to defend himself against Red Bull del Pérez, who was clearly superior. If the team had given him permission to overtake Leclerc at the start of the race, when Sainz was faster, and the first stop, during the safety car, would have been good, Sainz would have been able to get on the podium without problems… at least on a provisional basis, before recognizing the final decision of the FIA.
The world Cup, Despite Verstappen, it’s interesting. We already know who is going to win, which is what we will all remember, but who will follow and how the cars in the field will evolve leaves some intrigue. Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari – and even McLaren – can get to put pepper in a bland and predictable leadership of Verstappen.
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