What a night for Fernando Alonso at Marina Bay. What a night for Fernando Alonso at Marina Bay. The Asturian, who had an incredible qualifying to finish seventh in Singapore, kept the Aston Martin, the seventh car on the grid, always in the points zone to continue adding and live three happy weeks until the next appointment in Austin.
Because that’s what the two-time champion looks like. Because he does things that those with the same weapons as him are unable to match. With Lance Stroll missing in Q1 and particularly slow in a barren race, Fernando was in contention. Fernando wanted to be in the fight. I wanted to party. Walk. To compete and emerge victorious from the duels that took place at Marina Bay.
And he almost missed those 62 laps, because the start was what it was. Complex. Complicated. Tough. He had to go outside against Tsunoda. Before Leclerc. Against a Charles who kept away from the DRS while he used Hulkenberg’s to prevent the Ferrari from getting close. The first part of his complicated task was more than over.
He made his first and only pit stop in the points. He came back, logically, out of them. But when everything was back in order, Fernando was there. Already with Hulkenberg behind. With Sainz in front, but with the advantage that his tyres were younger than Carlos’. Yes, everything is in order. He was eighth. And it was the most logical option when he crossed the chequered flag.
Leclerc stopped, and although he started after him, he passed him like a plane. Charles was not satisfied and advanced towards Hamilton to finish almost even fourth despite starting ninth. Meanwhile, Alonso was going into calculation mode. The one of knowing how much he had with the one behind and how much he had with the one in front.
After him, Hulkenberg; ahead, Sainz. Carlos, complicated; Nico, wanting to try his luck at Alonso’s eighth place. But no. Not because Fernando pushed as and when he wanted, but because the Haas man engaged in a war with Checo Pérez that he ended up winning.
It was Fernando Alonso’s night. A night in which he scored four points for an Aston Martin that knows that if it is not with the Alpine and those formerly known as AlphaTauri, it is thanks to a driver, a double champion, who refuses to give in despite all the difficulties. He tries to complicate things.
