A race we lead, but Fernando Alonso He has already left an action that may well go directly to the best of the year. To the best of the 2023 Formula 1 World Cup. Because the Spaniard, the two-time world champion, has finally found a car to match. He has found a working Aston Martin. Which works very well… and that left Lewis Hamilton looking incredulous behind his helmet in the Bahrain night.
No wonder, because what Alonso did to the Mercedes is one of those things that seems impossible. That you either see or you don’t believe. Of what is only within the reach of a select few. Yes. Fernando did it, and he did it to Lewis. To a pilot who really wanted to be who he is. For being, along with Michael Schumacher, the most successful in the history of F1.
And because he likes it. Since they were at McLaren. Since they fought at Ferrari. Since ever. But for a long time it has not happened with two cars that are on par. With an Alonso aboard a competitive single-seater. Now he has. Because the Aston Martin AMR23 is a tremendous vehicle.
Outside? no, inside
With him he has left one of those maneuvers that will be among the best of the year. She came closer. Little by little. Scratching half a second per lap. Seeing what was coming Hamilton pitted. Alonso, to everyone’s surprise, did the same. With hard, both, Fernando was already within range of DRS.
It was shown to him, so that Lewis would see the color green in his rear-view mirrors. They were already on lap 38 when the magic happened.
When no one could give credit. First, outside. Showing the Aston Martin at turn 10. Cheating on Hamilton. Because no, it was not going to be outside. It was going to be inside. That’s where he put the car. There she put it in parallel. And that’s when he put everything in order to, in parallel, get ahead of the next corner.
To Russell, to Hamilton, to Sainz…
It was a scandal. He already did it to Russell, but with Hamilton it’s always a different story. It was one more of Alonso, who reached the podium in Bahrain after this type of action that ended with a brutal pass to Carlos Sainz. Yes, there is a car… and ‘Magic’ is back.
