nine seconds. That has been the distance that has separated Fernando Alonso from victory number 33. The Asturian completed a great race, first beating Lewis Hamilton with a masterful overtaking to take second position and then following the pace of Max Verstappen.
But when he became a real threat to the dutchreceived the order to do ‘lift and coast’, that is, lift the accelerator before the curve to reduce speed, which made him lose more than five seconds compared to Red Bull.
At first, youEveryone thought it was due to a brake problem. This was made known to Lewis Hamilton by his track engineer, Peter Bonnington. “We believe that Fernando has a problem with his rear brakes.“, they told the seven-time world champion.
However, after the race, Mike Krack, Aston Martin team principal, explained that it was due to a fuel consumption problem. “We thought that we had a problem with the fuel systemAlthough it might have been a false alarm. there was no risk“Krack said in statements to ‘DAZN’.
Upon crossing the finish line, his engineer, aware of the missed opportunity, shared his anger with Alonso. “Without that problem, Verstappen…said the engineer, but the two-time world champion interrupted his sentence to raise the spirits of the team: “I know, I know, there’s nothing to sayr. Good job guys, I’m happy, very happy, I’ve given everything, again. And two big stops.”
After getting out of the car, the Spaniard wanted to send another optimistic message for the Austrian Grand Prix. “Actually I don’t know. They didn’t tell me, maybe it was so I wouldn’t worry too much. But I don’t know. I felt the car was fine, but I had to follow the instructions. So yeah, hopefully that means that we had a little more rhythm. So Let’s see if the next race we put more pressure on Max“said Fernando Alonso in statements to ‘DAZN’.
