The Spanish rider’s line in the banked corners, very different from that of the other members of the grid, was the object of study for the other teams, even more so after an aggressive start in which he got rid of several.
Again in the Top 10 to tackle a b, despite being overtaken by his teammate and Antonio Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo, Fernando Alonso left a new departure from the ones he usually does when his ability on the track and his extensive experience in Formula 1 and multiple Categories are combined: from 9th to 7th and to prepare the next opponents over low heat.
“Happy, very happy”, recognized the # 14 after adding 8 more points in his personal locker that allows Alpine to retain for the moment the fifth place in the constructors’ championship ahead of AlphaTauri. “As we always say, Saturdays are very good to get out as far as possible, because it makes things much easier for you, but at the moment they don’t give any points on Saturday,” Alonso explained.
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“The races are on Sundays, and we have focused well on running a good race, always taking great care of the tires: at the beginning of the race, always pulling before the first stop, and a bit the same technique with the yellow (middle) now. After the pitstopslowly 15 laps, and then the last 20 full. I had confidence in that exit, in that first corner. There was a bit of movement in front … Giovinazzi, I think, did not leave the door open to me of my initial idea, which was to do it all from the outside, because Giovinazzi was already from the outside. Then a little action in number 3, in number 4 … but it went well, “he continued.
Everything under control
After going on the attack, as promised at the end of qualifying on Saturday, the pace of the two-time Spanish champion was initially slower than that of his direct rivals, but everything had an explanation. “We did not have much idea, we arrived a bit blind to this race because we did not have the information from Friday or other years,” said the Asturian.
«I tried to go as slowly as possible; Although it seemed too slow, sacrifice. There was a train. I think Esteban was going faster, everyone was going faster, I could go faster too … but I didn’t want toHe revealed, aware at all times that Ocon complained over the radio that he was “too slow” ahead.
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“I dismissed the fight with the Ferraris a bit, I saw that 10 seconds were gone and I said ‘that’s not my race, I’m going to try to keep the tires alive’, but then in the end it was our race. In the last laps with Carlos he no longer had tires, he saw that the car was moving in all braking and everything and I say … ‘he must be having a really bad time’», He declared aloud after overtaking Carlos Sainz on the last lap of the GP.
«Ferrari sometimes wears the tires more. With the hard ones, when the rubber runs out, the truth is that they are like two ice stones. I didn’t think I was going to get a chance, but in the end I did. Monza is a super circuit. After the people and the atmosphere that we saw here today with Verstappen, which for me is one of the best Grand Prix I remember together with Barcelona 2006/2007 … He is on the podium of the top. Monza is also known for the heat of the tifosi, so it will be a good weekend, “he concluded.