Fernando Alonso it was only competitive on the hard tyres. With the soft ones he suffered a lot and was condemned to fight with Yuki Tsunoda or Zhou. Battles that he was not used to fighting in his first season behind the wheel of the Aston Martin.
He improved with the hard ones and rose to seventh place. Ahead of his teammate, Lance Stroll. Alonso was faster, but he did not want to attack him. He respected the Canadian’s position until the end of the race. So much so that he came waving into the last corner before crossing the finish line.
His radio said it all: “Tell Lance not to worry. That I am trying to open a gap with those behind in case there is rain or something. zero risks“. And so it was. Sixth and seventh for both.
It was not the desired result for the Aston Martins. Behind the surprising Mercedes, behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and also behind the Red Bull of Checo Perez.
The green team loses the second position in the constructors’ world championship. Mercedes overtakes him. And now he will need improvements to fight for podiums again, seeing the rise of the silver arrows this weekend in Montmeló.
TEAMWORK! 💚
Fernando Alonso notifying Stroll to tell him that there is ZERO RISK of overtaking. Today he knows that he has to pitch in 🤝#SpainDAZNF1 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/Bp6vXBwH7R
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) June 4, 2023
