Fernando Alonso gives you that ‘something’ They only have this type of pilots. A type of runner who combines quality, speed and experience. That in three races, in the first three races of 2023, makes you three podiums. Latest, in Australia. In a crazy race with all kinds of incidents in which one stood out above the rest.
It was the red flag, last of all, that was shown in Albert Park. One that came after another and after a relaunch in which there were so many things that it is difficult for them to fit in a single paragraph. The one that interests us, the action that provoked the spinning top of Fernando Alonso. and in which he was involved Carlos Sainz.
The man from Madrid, who started very badly, took the Spaniard’s Aston Martin in his fight with Gasly. He over-braked, and hit the AMR23 causing it to Alonso will move from third place to the back of the grid.
Before the first sector was reached, yet another red flag. And there Alonso arrived. There came the voice of wisdom and experience between whistles and whistles due to the more than obvious anger that he had.
“Check it out, quick!”
“What a stupid rule is this! Quick check! Check it all out! A year ago in Same thing happened to Silverstone and everything reset!”, he radioed to Aston Martin.
And how was the car after the hit? In perfect state. Because the AMR23 runs and takes whatever you throw at it.
“Everything is fine. I can continue. But look at that. Look at him”, Alonso insisted.
It will be that he was right. Race Direction studied everything in detail and decided that the positions were what they were before all the chaos in Australia.
In the end, relaunched after the ‘safety car’ and entry to the finish line in the same way, with Fernando Alonso in third place and thus adding a new podium in 2023.
