Fernando Alonso has reviewed Alpine’s news before the Singapore GP, in addition to assessing the option of Max Verstappen getting his second World Championship title with the same number of victories that the Spaniard now has.
Fernando Alonso has a special bond with the Singapore GP, proof that he has won twice, in 2008 with Renault and in 2010 with Ferrari. also seems to have a kind of connection with Max Verstappensince the Red Bull driver can achieve his second World Championship title by winning the same number of wins as the Asturian driver.
Beyond this circumstance, Alonso is focused on helping Alpine in their goal of finishing ahead of McLaren in the constructors’ standings. With this in mind he faces Singapore: «I go race to racetrying to help Alpine as much as I can in the constructors’ championship. It’s tight with McLaren. You have to be close to the front and take advantage if the cars in front have a problem.
«To Max [Verstappen] and I would love for all the training sessions to be in water before qualifying»
To achieve a good result in Marina Bay, the Spaniard has new features in his A522 that “I haven’t even tried in the simulator yet, but they have brought a new floor. We will see if we can test it in free practice to confirm that it is a step forward. It’s hard to see the benefits here because the track evolves so much.
“It looks like an improvement and we need all of them to fight with McLaren. He will be very even until Abu Dhabi »added Alonso, aware that the two Alpine single-seaters will mount this floor, a piece that if it works will also be used in the Japanese GP. The ‘visible’ novelties of the A522 will be much smaller.
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Parallelism with Verstappen
Alonso will not only debut ground in the A522, but also helmet on a date that will become the driver with the most Grand Prix in Formula 1. The Singapore GP can also serve for Max Verstappen to be a two-time champion, something that the Asturian does not avoid: «Red Bull and Max have been impressive. There has been no fight, because Red Bull and Max were far superior. However, they did not have such a superior car, the Ferrari is equal or better.
In fact, Fernando has drawn a certain parallelism with Max, since Verstappen can be champion with the same number of victories that allowed Alonso to win the title in 2006: «He has a long way to go, so I wish him better luck than I had. I had those stats at 26 and they are the same now. I’m sure Red Bull can only do better. He fully deserves it, he has been the best driver with the best team».
Same procedure
He has also established a relationship between his abilities and those of the future two-time champion: “There are riders who need more time to adapt and there are pilots who are 100% from the first training and Max is one of them. It has been like this since karting and it is not a surprise. I also consider it one of my strengths.
In this line, the Asturian has concluded: “Max can be 2.5 seconds ahead of everyone and then they get closer to him. It happened to me too, in some way and on a small scale, with my partner. On Friday I am quite ahead , but on Saturday and Sunday they improve. Max and I would love for all workouts to be in water before making the classification.
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