lewis hamilton between 2017 and 2020. max verstappen 2020 and 2021. And now Fernando Alonso? British and Dutch share a statistic: they became world champions after being first in Free Practice 2 the first race of the year.
And Alonso was the fastest in the second session on Friday. He was second in the morning, which shows that the Aston Martin AMR23 means business.
From there to becoming world champion there is an abyss. Aston was the seventh car last year (third from the bottom) and climbing to the first position is a miracle which has almost never happened in F1.
What could be seen this weekend is an Alonso in the podium. He showed that he is in the Red Bull times, even being much better than Sergio Pérez. With respect to the Ferraris, his behavior on the track was much faster and more regular.
Does that mean that Fernando is going to become champion? It is crazy to make a bet, thus fulfilling the statistics of the fastest in FP2 of the first race. But… And yes yes?
The most immediate is the classification of this Saturday, from 4 p.m. in Bahrain. The definitive test to confirm or not if Aston is fighting with Red Bull.
✅ The driver who leads Free Practice 2 in the first race wins the title.
🏆 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022… pic.twitter.com/SEoNAOPoQ0
– El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) March 3, 2023
