Fernando Alonso He looked very happy after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP. The Asturian driver celebrated this sixth position, but above all by getting ahead of Albon’s Williams. That was the great goal of the double world champion: to be the first of his career. Then, the accident between Carlos Sainz and Checo Pérez gave him extra points that he did not expect.
“Very good race, solidin the sense of executing everything we had to do in the best possible way and not making any mistakes. We were flexible in the strategy and when the people around us stopped, we decided to defend against Franco Colapinto, Albon and Nico Hulkenberg and control the race. Those in front were a bit far away. Enough risks to maintain a high pace near the walls, as usually happens here in Baku,” said Fernando Alonso about his good race.
The Spanish driver took advantage of the opportunity after the accident between Sainz and Checo Perez and Hamilton did not arrive to finish sixth: “In the last races, it is true that the four leading teams always finished and, therefore, only ninth and tenth were available for the others. Today As some cars were not finished, the sixth was available and we took advantage of it. Opportunistic (opportunistic), as the English often say, and that’s where we were today.
Furthermore, Alonso followed the Williams’ pace throughout the race, which was superior to his own, while managing the tyres to round off an excellent weekend: “This weekend We weren’t there to be in Q3 or to get ahead of Williams and Haas and we did that.. Good job from the whole team. Even if we don’t have the tools at the highest level, or as we would like, we don’t give up. Sometimes it’s 11th place like Monza, which I still remember, and it was a race very similar to today’s, very good but not prize-winning. Today, a race, with more prizes than deserved After the last accident, we have recovered two positions. Sometimes it goes well and sometimes it goes badly. Happy because these weekends we have found a rhythm and a regularity that was missing three or four Grands Prix ago. Let’s see if we continue like this.
In fact, on his last lap before the virtual safety car, Fernando Alonso set his fastest lap of the race, which surprised him somewhat: “A little surprising because On Friday we had a lot of deterioration. With Alex Albon, we did a long run where we were similar on the track and The Williams were faster“.
The two-time Formula 1 world champion stressed that they didn’t know if they could beat the Williams and in the end, for some reason, they did: “We had a lot of doubts about our ability to beat them. However, we finally managed to do it. I don’t know if the track conditions improved much or We made some changes to the car that allowed us to be better today. than we were on Friday. I’m happy. Sixth, we didn’t expect it, and now in Singapore.
