Fernando Alonso left everyone with their mouths open for their performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix. He came back from seventh place, the position he fell to at the start, to the podium behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
The overtaking of the Asturian lewis hamilton in turn 10, an almost impossible place, has been the image of the weekend.
It’s not that Alonso has returned, it’s that he never left. to their 41 years He is still as fit as in the years in which he fought for the Formula 1 world championship with Renault and with Ferrari.
First race with Aston Martin and first podium for him. And this project has just started. Everyone in the team has stressed that this is the basis of the car and that there are many improvements to come in the next races of the competition.
The battle between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton during the Bahrain Grand Prix pic.twitter.com/ZPUaLFfCVY
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Red Bull seems unattainable at the moment. The superiority of its two pilots was total in Bahrain, leaving Alonso more than 30 seconds to cross the finish line.
Everything indicates that Verstappen will conquer his third consecutive world cup. But the World Cup is very long. And with Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of a competitive car, anything is possible.
