Fernando Alonso has his fang ready. As usual. She has it in case someone fails. In case there is an option. In case he can scratch a victory and reach 33 and, why not, in case he can fight until the end to achieve his third Formula 1 World Championship. Yes, he has finally mentioned it. and yes again a Red Bull has ‘eliminated’ itself in a classification. This time, in Australia.
and if in Saudi Arabia was max verstappen The person who said ‘up to here’ for a shield on this occasion was Sergio Pérez. It has been the Aztec who has fallen prematurely. Who has practically not been able to make a single curve in Albert Park.
Because in Q1 it was already out. Because, what’s more, it was in the third of the curves that shape Melbourne. He was already more than nervous in Free Practice 3, with a virtually undriveable car And it was by no means a mirage.
The RB19 was unrecognizable. Blocking out, hiking around the outside of the track… Nothing to raise optimism, but nothing that couldn’t be fixed from the last tests to qualifying.
“It’s the same fucking problem as before!”
But they didn’t, and at Melbourne Turn 3 he locked up tires to plant the car in the sand. He couldn’t get it out of there, and it caused the first and only red flag of classification.
His anger was evident: “We haven’t solved the problem! It’s the same fucking problem we’ve had before!”
AND he didn’t even take off his helmet as she was on her way to the garage, which makes it even more inviting to think that she didn’t exactly have the best of her smiles.
It is not for less, because Australia is not Saudi Arabia. Because if overtaking was possible in Jeddah, and for Verstappen it was not difficult to go from 15th to second place, for Pérez being on the podium starting 20th in Albert Park seems like an impossible mission no matter how much Red Bull you have.
“Red Bull is in another category, but there is only one”
Alonso, so happy: “With Pérez out, and thinking about the World Cup, it can bring us closer to the championship”.
“The victory? Red Bull it’s in another category… but there’s only one here,” said the Asturian in front of the ‘DAZN’ microphones.
