In just 12 laps, the race Fernando Alonso in Mexico it turned 180 degrees. From saying in the opening stages of the Grand Prix that “the car is fine with any tyre” to beg for action from the alpine wall in just a few turns.
On lap 53 came the first announcement of the team. “PU-3, position six. Urgent”, they told the Spaniard to try another configuration.
“It’s not going…”he replied as his tone became more serious. “She’s not doing well, man. Give me another setup. Give me another solution, uncle”it affected
“PU-7, position eight”, Alpine answered… but nothing: “Nothing… Give me something. Or do you need me to stop?“.
“You can try to avoid changing gears too quickly,” they suggested from the wall before proposing another configuration change: “PU-6, position eight.”
At that moment, a victim of impotence, Alonso’s pleas arrived: “Please, keep trying. Let it improve a little now. do something for me“.
“We’re stuck for now. We can’t do much more. Esteban already a second“, his engineer told him before asking him not to disturb Ocon: “Esteban already in DRS. Let’s try not to bother him too much“.
“It’s amazing, man. What a season, what a season“Fernando replied before asking about the time of withdrawal: “Tell me when we withdraw the car. red alarm on engine“.
Far from stopping him, the French team crossed their fingers so that a safety car came out: “do what you can“.
Already on the 63, three laps after letting Ocon pass, his Alpine said enough. To put Fernando’s problem in context, in 20 laps the French cut him about 30 seconds. Again, something happened… and You already smell the “bad luck” argument.
Fernando Alonso and his ability to have EVERYTHING CONTROLLED in the middle of the race 🧐
📻 “Norris has entered the pits”@alo_oficial 🔊 “I’ve seen it on the screens. It’s been hard”
HE IS A REAL GENIUS 😜 pic.twitter.com/qQ5fOYu7bN
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) October 31, 2022
