“I’m looking forward to Monday making the seatstart a new project that is always exciting”: that’s how excited he was Fernando Alonso at the end of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix –despite his umpteenth abandonment with Alpine– when asked about his immediate future with Aston Martin. “It will be important, but not so much in terms of performance, as the car will be very different for everyone next year. In terms of comfort, seat, steering wheel, buttons and things that I would like to change, It’s great to have a day like this with the car, so I’m really looking forward to it,” added the Spaniard. And it is that from this same Monday the two-time world champion of Formula 1 He will get down to work to meddle as soon as possible in the ecosys...
Fernando Alonso He finished ninth in the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship after his retirement at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. So, He has not been able to overcome Esteban Ocon, his teammate, who finished eighth. It is the second time in the Asturian’s sports career that he has not been able to overcome his teammate in the classification. The ’14’ has added up to six DNFs this season for reliability, added to two other times that he was left without adding points. In total they add up to those 70 points that Fernando recalled on different occasions he has lost throughout a season in which he claimed to be at his highest level. Some will attribute it to bad luck, others to lack of work from Alpinebut the six withdrawals of the Spanish (for only two of the French) have been k...
Fernando Alonso had a plan when he signed for Alpine. He had ‘The Plan’. She had an idea in her mind that went viral. That it was screen printed on t-shirts, that it was a trend in networks. That even his team came to carry on his wing. But only he believed in his plan, and after two seasons the two-time world champion says goodbye to a team that, with him, It has had more shadows than lights. Because while the Asturian has exhibited above all in this course the one that It has been possibly his highest level of piloting, Alpine has ‘dedicated’ a total of six retirements in the race due to mechanical problems. Especially for the engine, as has happened in Abu Dhabi itself. As has happened in his last race in blue. as it happened in Singaporethe day Alonso entered hi...
Carlos Sainz has finished the 2022 season with a fourth position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. However, he ended up upset with Lewis Hamilton over his clash in the opening laps at Yas Marina. The start of the Ferrari driver was not good and he was overtaken by the British. But Sainz had much more pace and tried to overtake. He got it but Hamilton used the outside loophole to cross the track and leave ahead of the Spaniardthe same action that the Mercedes driver did last year with Max Verstappen. Hamilton did not get his way and had to give him back the position, but he did it cleverly to attack him again with the DRS and get back in front. Carlos Sainz easily overtook him shortly after due to some power problems in the seven-time champion’s car (he ended up retiring at the end of the ...
End of Formula 1. The 2022 season ends for all the drivers, for some permanently and for others, who continue in 2023, with better or worse results. hamilton season ends in sixth position in the world championship of pilots, something never seen. The british has world seven and it is the driver with most wins, pole positions and points of history. However, this has not been a great season for the Mercedes driver. The German team had a start to the year to forget. With Hamilton falling than Q1 and positions very far from what was expected of Mercedes. Throughout the season they have been improving, they have had a great development, but not enough for the British driver, and it is that Hamilton has finished the year without any pole or victory. The seven-time champion has reached get on the...
The 2022 edition of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prixwhich put an end to the season of the Formula 1remained for the two-time champion max verstappen (Red Bull), who smoothly achieved his 15th victory in 22 events. Verstappen, who started from pole position, was escorted by the Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari), who with that result won the runner-up to Checo Perez (Red Bull). Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images. The test in Yas Marina It was totally dominated by the two-time champion Red Bull, who got away in front and only gave up the position of honor when he entered the pits to change tires. Checo, who escorted his partner during the first laps, had to come back after his second stoppage. To the good rhythm of his car he added the deg...
Fernando Alonso He faces a change of team for the year 2023. He leaves Alpine after two years, the second especially suffered, and he is enormously excited about the new stage that comes from Aston Martin. Speaking to ‘AS’, the Asturian acknowledged his happiness that this season has ended: “I’m glad this is over. There are events that have gone against us this year, against car 14. Six retirements, but also others that do not count as retirements, such as qualifying in Australia or the sprint in Austria. There are nine or ten reliability issues that at this level is obviously unacceptable.“. “They all happened in my car, so I’m happy to finish, to have the seat adjustment with Aston Martin tomorrow and to do the tire test on Tuesday. I hope anothe...
Esteban Ocon finishes eighth the 2022 Formula 1 World Cup. The Frenchman ends the season in front from his partner alonso after a race in which the Asturian had to Leave and where Ocon has finished seventh. “It’s been a long and intense season and it’s a good feeling to have achieved the goal that we proposed at the beginning of the year”, Ocon assured at the press conference. “For my part, it is the best result points in my career, so it’s very satisfying”, added the French driver. Thus the season for Alpine comes to an end, a year in which the tension between its two pilots It hasn’t been missing, especially after the Brazilian GP. However, once the end was reached, after disputing the last race as partners team, Ocon wanted to dedicate som...
ANTONIO LOBATO Updated Sunday, November 20, 2022 – 19:21 The Red Bull and Lecrec on the podium of the Abu Dhabi GPALI HAIDEREFE Chronic Verstappen puts the finishing touch and Ferrari smiles: Leclerc, runner-up in the world When I was a child, one of the most special moments of the year was when the course ended. It was a bittersweet feeling. On the one hand, the satisfaction of finishing and facing the holidays and on the other, the need to take stock and accept if there had been. Get Premium from €1 the first month Take advantage of this limited time offer and access all web content I love you Already Premium? Log in
This time Ferrari has known what to do. The season for those from Maranello has been marked by bad decisions, strategies and pit stops. Error after error that complicated the World Cup for both Leclerc and Sainz. However, on this occasion, leclerc has been proclaimed runner-up in the world and it has been thanks to Ferrari’s strategy. Both Red Bull and Mercedes have beaten the Italians in strategy on numerous occasions this season, but this time they have played their cards and outmaneuvered the energy drinkers. The Abu Dhabi race always has a big degradation. The best decision was make two stops and that was the plan of both Ferrari and Red Bull. However, when Pérez has entered the pitsthe Italians have been able to react quickly and change the plango to a single stop. were left 24 ...
Updated Sunday, November 20, 2022 – 17:40 The double world champion ended a season that he has dominated with an iron fist with a new victory, ahead of the Monegasque, who secured his second place Leclerc celebrates with his team the runner-up.BEN STANSALLAFP The Formula 1 season closed this Sunday at Yas Marina with an exciting Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that had no history in the fight for victory, again for the champion, max verstappen (Red Bull), but in the battle for the runner-up, which ended up being for charles leclerc (Ferrari) and that left Sergio ‘Checo’ Prez with honey on the lips. [Narracin y clasificaciones] The one-stop strategy gave Leclerc second place in the race and in the World Championship standings and embittered the Mexican, whom he beat by three points i...