Fernando Alonso He still works magic at 43. Finish in seventh place in the rankings Singapore Grand Prix with a Aston Martin which is very difficult to drive, it is magicThe Spanish driver got the most out of his car and took a spectacular seventh place from his hat in the Marina Bay Street Circuitone of the most demanding of the season. Fernando Alonso finished seventh in the Singapore standings. Seeing is believing.
In a qualifying session dominated by Lando Norriswhich will be released first in Singapore with Max Verstappen Secondly, the news was at Fernando Alonso. It is incredible that he finished in seventh place, ahead of, for example, the two Ferrari and a Red Bull and just 0.689 seconds behind leader Norris. We have to remember what Fernando Alonso is racing with, an Aston Martin that doesn’t workwhich has no improvement, which is going very badly in this part of the Formula 1 season.
And despite this, Fernando Alonso ranks among the best and places the Aston Martin as the seventh fastest time in this ranking in Singapore and in terms of cars, it places it only behind the McLaren, the Mercedes, a Red Bull and a Haas. Aston Martin does not have a car to occupy these positions, but Fernando Alonso gives that little extrawho gets the most out of the car.
The best fact that represents how Alonso gets the most out of Aston Martin, more than you could ask for, is that his partner, Lance Walkwill start 17th in Singapore. The Canadian, who is light years ahead of the Spaniard, could not even access Q2, he was eliminated from Q3 and showed that if you do not make an extra effort as a driver, because of the car, you are in the last positions.
It is true that being ahead of the two Ferraris – which is real – was due to problems with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainzbut the reality is that Fernando Alonso was in front. Leclerc couldn’t make up time in Q3 (the lap was eliminated) and Carlos Sainz had a bad accident at the start of that Q3 that left him unable to make up time. But he had to be there. What he actually overcame was disastrous Czech Perez, who once again drove Red Bull crazy by failing to reach Q3. The Mexican will start in 13th position in Singapore.
Thus, Fernando Alonso will start in seventh position in Singapore, the 18th round of the Formula 1 World Championship, with the dream of being able to score a point in Sunday’s race, which will be very difficult, because the car is far from being close enough to be in the top ten positions. “I would have liked there to be no DRS (in this Sunday’s race), on a street circuit where it is difficult to overtake, it is better to start as far forward as possible, the better,” analyzed the Spanish driver after qualifying.
“We are here eighth or ninth car, we do not hide it, we can dream of overtaking, if we score points, we will save them well and get out of here quickly on Monday”, analyzed Fernando Alonso, who did not expect “at all” this seventh position: “We had a pretty difficult weekend, this circuit brings out all the weaknesses of the car. We were not comfortable, I progressed in Q1, I was already happy, in Q2 in the end I barely overtook and in Q3 that means that the Ferraris were going to be distanced.
Furthermore, Alonso recalled that they are “out of position” and that tomorrow (Sunday) is going to be a race as if my place was not in my place.”
