Fernando Alonso has done it again. Yes, it has been again the fastest in a Free Practice session. After lead the second now he has done the same in the third to overcome by just five thousandths to Max Verstappen. The Aston Martin, the AMR23, is a reality in Bahrain.
He is a clear candidate for the pole. To fight for something that the Asturian, the two-time world champion, It has resisted him since 2012. From the German GP. For almost eleven years, Alonso has not managed to start from the first place in a Formula 1 race.
That can change. It may be different in Sakhir. Because Alonso has already led two Free Practice sessions, endorsing what he had already shown in the tests and also giving reason to the fears mercedes and from Red Bull. hamilton, In case there were any doubts, he has been in charge of confirming that the Aston Martin scares.
Meanwhile, Alonso continues to do his thing. Fernando, who has achieved a time a 1:32.340, he was the leader. And Lance Stroll, who could barely get out of the car after Free Practice 2, was sixth, beating Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari.
Perhaps because he did not expect it, or because he did not even go to the maximum, Alonso left a good radio to illustrate what had happened on his best lap of Free Practice 3.
“Fernando, you have the first place”, they told him from Aston Martin.
And he responded with a brief and direct sentence: “Oh really?”
Well yes, it was serious. Despite the fact that there were others who started after him, and that the track improved as the minutes passed, there was no one who could beat the Spaniard’s time. Neither Leclerc, nor Sainz… nor Sergio Pérez.
