Fernando Alonso skillfully defended his third place in Sunday’s F1 race. The duel brought to mind the memorable victory battle between Alonso and Michael Schumacher.
Fernando Alonso The F1 driving performance in Sunday’s Brazilian GP has been the sport’s hot topic since the beginning of the week.
At the end of the race, the world champion of 2005 and 2006 fought hard for third place with Red Bull by Sergio Perez with. Driving a weaker Aston Martin, Alonso kept the Mexican driver, who was putting pressure on him, several laps behind him.
Perez eventually overtook Alonso on the penultimate lap (70). However, the Spanish star claimed the position back on the straight at the beginning of the opening lap.
Alonso appeared to be shadowing Perez by trying to overtake him on the left. Perez went to cover this side. However, the Spaniard quickly changed direction and pushed past from the other side.
Alonso and Perez finally finished side by side. However, the Spaniard took third place with a narrow margin.
The top prize was the eighth of the season for the 42-year-old man. That’s tied for second-most among drivers this season with Perez.
The fact that Aston Martin is only fifth in team points tells about Alonso’s incredible season. With the equipment, he gives his worst competitors a lot of handicap.
Perez came after the race to give Alonso credit for a great race. Urheilu’s F1 expert Jukka Mildh excited to praise Alonso’s driving performance.
– Alonso was once again superior in his surprise and in the way he was able to bring out his best talents in the right places. This was another good demonstration from Alonso of how unbelievably tough and intelligent a driver he is.
– Incredible car control in terms of saving tires. Even though they were worn, he was able to keep Perez, who was driving a faster car, behind him, Mildh beamed on Sunday.
2005 classic
Alonso’s great defensive fight reminded me of the 2005 Imola F1 race. Alonso, who won his first world championship in that season, kept up with the leading seven-time champion Michael Schumacher behind him and took his third first place of the season.
The German, who was driving a Ferrari, scorched Alonso furiously for 12 laps, but the young Spaniard held his ground until the finish line. The fight in question is one of the most iconic moments in Alonso’s career.
At the end of the season, the Renault driver who won seven races became the youngest ever F1 world champion. Since Lewis Hamilton and after him Sebastian Vettel grabbed the title of the youngest champion for themselves.
However, according to the 42-year-old F1 legend, defending the position against Perez was more difficult than 18 years ago. Nowadays, overtaking is greatly facilitated by the rear wing DRS, which can be opened within less than a second of the driver in front.
– It was easier in 2005 because there was no DRS. Today, with DRS, it’s different and you also have to do things differently than before, says Alonso Autosport by.
Alonso says that nowadays the difficulty is increased by the fact that you have to think more about the durability of the tires. 20 years ago, you could get the most out of tire compounds.
Alonso admits that the opening rear wing tempted him to grab third place back for himself.
– If you lost a place in the 2005 season, you couldn’t recover from it. But here I now had a new opportunity, says Alonso.
Source: Autosport