2023-07-30 20:15:16
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Updated Sunday, July 30, 2023 – 20:15
“Surely this result will help the morale of the team”, admits the Spaniard after his fifth place in Spa
Alonso, at the Spa circuit, this Sunday. CHRISTIAN BRUNAEFE GP Belgium Verstappen laughs at everyone in Spa and Alonso rises to fifth F1 Results
Fernando Alonso optimized to the limit its resources in Spa to reverse a weekend that seemed hopelessly twisted. His fifth place, sandwiched between the Mercedes, allows him to reach halfway through the World Cup having scored points in all 12 races. An achievement only within the reach of Max Verstappen y Lewis Hamilton. Far from settling, the Spaniard keeps alive the flame of ambition for the second half of the championship. “There is no doubt that we must improve because today the podium was a bit far away and we couldn’t fight for it,” he admitted.
His consistency behind the wheel AMR23 I remembered the difficult times in McLaren o Alpine, when he also knew how to squeeze the material he had. Minutes after crossing the checkered flag, Alonso admitted that the car had worked “very well” and had given him “a lot of confidence”. “This is a high performance circuit and after the Great Britain GP we sat somewhat concerned about our pace. We have changed some characteristics of the car and it has paid off,” he stressed.
“Surely this result will help the morale of the team, to go on vacation with less weight on our shoulders,” Alonso concluded on the DAZN microphones, without qualms about acknowledging that the poor results in Silverstone o Hungaroring they had added “a lot of pressure” to his garage. “We have shown that we still have a good pace, so now we have to act calmly and look at the World Cup from a broader perspective,” she added.
“some luck”
Regarding the development of the race, the man from Oviedo acknowledged that after the start he had “some luck”. “I made up some positions in Eau Rouge, but I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to hold them in the first stint. We were quick as we held a Mercedes and a McLaren from behind.” While Lance Stroll, with a rather debatable strategy, he was slipping down the table, Alonso was easily supported between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
Third place in the Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championship leaves the double winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In fact, once again he wanted to reiterate the value of what was achieved under the orders of Mike Crack “This was impossible to think of something like that before the start of the season,” he concluded.
Sainz needs to “reset”
In March, expectations are measured at a much higher level at Ferrari, which is going on vacation with many aspects to improve. well you know Carlos Sainz, who in Spa added his first abandonment of 2023, after an incident with Oscar Piastri when barely 270 meters of the race had elapsed.
“If you review historical races in Spa, you realize that it was a typical incident in turn 1,” explained the man from Madrid about what happened in The source. “Whoever goes inside 1 and tries to overtake ends up causing a crash, so this time it was my turn,” lamented the former McLaren driver.
The worst thing about this reversal of fortune is that Sainz loses the privileged position he held in the table against Charles Leclerc, whom he had been leading since the start of the World Cup. The Monegasque added 15 points from his podium to the four achieved on Saturday, so he now surpasses his garage partner by seven points (99-92). Before going back to Maranello, Sainz took advantage of the break to erase the bad moments from his head. “We all need to reset a bit, to come back stronger for the second part of the year,” he concluded.
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