This is the question that everyone asks. Formula 1 right now: What would have happened if Aston Martin had put the intermediates on Fernando Alonso instead of the mediums?
The green team ‘forced’ the two-time champion to stop again on the next lap to mount rain tires and the options of ‘hunting’ max verstappen they evaporated.
Analyzing what happened in the Principality, Christian Hornerhead of Red Bull, has indicated that the “incredible” level of the Asturian put them “against the ropes” when they thought that Ferrari would be the “main rival”.
“I think we were on the ropes. We knew that this weekend was going to be our biggest challenge in the first half of the year. In fact, we thought that Ferrari could be the main rival, but Fernando has been ‘on fire’ All weekend. I mean, incredible”, he explained in statements collected by ‘Motorsport.com’.
Aston Martin’s strategy changed everything
The Red Bull boss has recognized that if Alonso had mounted the rain tires first, another rooster would have sung.
“Maybe we did one more lap before going into the intermediates. I think that if Fernando had chosen the intermediate ones, it would have been much tighter and it would have put more pressure on our pit stop. But luckily he chose slick just as it started to rain,” added Horner.
