Fernando Alonso added his 101 podium in the Formula 1 and the third consecutive to start the season and his mechanics celebrated it effusively after a controversial final in which he was seen outside the points area.
The Asturian’s career was a “roller coaster of emotions” from the beginning. After avoiding a touch with lewis hamilton In the first lap, the ’14’ lost fourth position to Carlos Sainz, but the red flag due to Alex Albon’s accident pushed him up to third place.
There the entire race was spent in a constant tug of war between Lewis Hamilton ahead and Carlos Sainz from behind, all managing tires and the difference of about a second and a half between them. As the Australian Grand Prix drew to a close, it appeared Kevin Magnussen to give you excitement.
The Dane crashed into the wall and the stewards had to bring out the red flag to clear the track. The result? A new relaunched with two laps in which Alonso suffered a touch from Carlos Sainz which relegated him to the last position. Despite this, he drew the cold blood out of him and radioed the exact argument which imitated the FIA: resume with the starting positions before the accident.
The end result was that Fernando Alonso crossed the finish line third behind the safety car, as everyone did. Nerves were on edge for the last few moments and, after finding himself out of the points, he climbed back onto the third step of the podium for the third time in a row.
With the adrenaline still running high, the pilot he went to celebrate euphorically with his Aston Martin mechanicswho continue to celebrate each podium with great joy and without underestimating something that is beginning to be routine.
Even on the podium, with a max verstappen that gave the World Cup a blow and with Lewis Hamilton returning to the podium for the first time this season, Alonso was the happiest.
Although justified by everything that happened at the end of the race, the fury with which Fernando Alonso celebrated the podium was intense. And if he is like this with his third consecutive podium, who knows how he will celebrate the long-awaited 33rd victory that seems closer every time.
