Even though he ‘smelled blood’ with charles leclerc during the final laps of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the ‘copied’ from Monegasque to Alonso left Fernando alone eight tenths after crossing the finish line.
The fourth consecutive podium was close, yes, but after a troubled weekend in Baku with Aston Martin’s DRSthe two-time world champion left very happy.
Not only for the 12 points, but for the level shown in the eyes of the Caspian. In fact, her own Formula 1 He has praised the Asturian for his driving.
“Superfast reactions from Fernando!”has published the agency’s account accompanied by a video showing its reaction and acceleration times from 0 to 100.
it only took 0.12 seconds to put his Aston Martin to work and in just 2.86 seconds I was already at 100 km/h.
Lightning-quick reactions from Fernando! ⚡#AzerbaijanGP #F1Insights @awscloud pic.twitter.com/wNA7p9KfFR
—Formula 1 (@F1) May 2, 2023
These data only show that, as Alonso himself has said, He is riding better at almost 42 years of age than when he was in his twenties.
Alpine, in memory
These numbers contrast quite a bit with the various ‘tricks’ that he has thrown at him Alpine to Fernando, who even after his first podium in Bahrain recalled that “the question will be the age, which reaches us all”.
Before, after his departure from Enstone for constantly “looking at the passport” of the Oviedo, the boss of Alpine stated that they were looking for “speed, experience and youth” in Gasly and Ocon.
Well, after the first four appointments on the F1 calendar, Pierre and Esteban have eight points; Alonso, alone, has 60 in his locker.
