The conversations in radio exposed to lewis hamiltonwho was insecure compared to the decision and forcefulness of Fernando Alonso for continuing on the track and waiting for the decision of the team Mercedess. .
On lap 26, the engineers of aston martin They were very happy on the radio with the little degradation of tires and with the role that Fernando Alonso was having: “We are very happy with your management so far. This is really good”, to which the two-time world champion replied: “Yes, they have more degradation, you have to know how to use it. Let’s get closer and think about what we’re going to do.”.
Fernando Alonso tried to close the gap to Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and threatened to make a ‘undercut‘, that is, to overtake Lewis Hamilton by spending more time on the track.
For this reason, on lap 26, Lewis Hamilton, in a panic and aware that Fernando Alonso was getting closer, consulted his desperate team: “Tell me what I have to do, do I have to keep up?”
From Mercedes they responded: “At the moment we are happy with your management, We are going to continue studying the evolution of the tyres”.
But the reality is that sooner or later Fernando Alonso was going to end up arriving and there was more than half the race left. The Briton’s W14 began to suffer from tire degradation and the Aston Martin with the hard tire had a lot of resistance and a possibility opened up that left Mercedes in check: an undercut by Fernando Alonso.
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For this reason, on lap 31 Mercedes decided to stop to avoid this possibility and extend what seemed inevitable for a few more laps. Hamilton himself was surprised by the decision of that ‘pit stop’, but they had no other option seeing the Asturian’s pace on the track with the tough ones.
But the tires on the AMR23 were so good, that Fernando managed with used tires better times than Hamilton or Sainz, they had just stopped.
On lap 35, Alonso decided to make his stop using the same compound and was positioned sixth and closer to Lewis Hamilton than expected. The Spaniard was flying over the track and did his fastest lap.
Alonso caught up with Hamilton on lap 38, and overtook him although he was under braking. already in the next round (39 the two-time world champion did not fail and He undertook a great hack at the seven-time world champion:”Yeah, let’s go!” celebrated on the radio
