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Apr12023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

According to Alonso, Mercedes exaggerated this year's problems

Fernando Alonso believes that Mercedes exaggerated the problems with this year's race car. The Spaniard is sure that the Silver Arrows will soon win again. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished second and third in Australian F1 qualifying, both claiming the achievement was surprising and unexpected. But Alonso, who will start the race right behind them from fourth place, believes that the Mercedes package is actually much better than we were led to believe by Mercedes. "Judging by their comments, it looks like they have a car that is not capable of qualifying for Q3," the Aston Martin driver said of Mercedes. "The car is not as good as Red Bull's, nobody has a car as good as that, but Mercedes is getting better and better and they will compete for wins again this year. That's how it was

Apr12023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

F1: Verstappen and Alonso on top of final practice

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Max Verstappen was the fastest in the last free practice of F1 in Australia, and Fernando Alonso also finished the practice very close, who was 0.162 seconds behind in second place. Alpine team rider Esteban Ocon came as a bit of a surprise with third place. George Russell and Pierre Gasly also finished the training session, which took place on a dry track, in the top five, followed by Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll and Zhou Guanyu in tenth place. Max Verstappen was the fastest in the last free practice of F1 in Australia, and Fernando Alonso also finished the practice very close, who was 0.162 seconds behind in second place. Alpine team rider Esteban Ocon came as a bit of a surprise with third place. George Russell and

Mar312023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso: Hamilton has weaknesses that are now showing

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Fernando Alonso has said that Lewis Hamilton has always had certain weaknesses, which we did not see while he was sitting in a dominant car. He also said about the Briton that he is obviously getting old, as he has a short memory. Alonso finished on the podium in both races this year, while Hamilton has gone more than 480 days without a win, the longest streak of his career. Asked by journalists about Hamilton, Alonso replied that his former teammate has weaknesses that are visible now that he does not have the best racing car. "When he's driving a normal race car, you can see he has weaknesses," Alonso, 41, said. "Before, he drove far ahead of everyone or together with his teammate. But look, he holds the record for the most pole positions won, and this year he was beaten both times in qualifying

Mar312023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

F1: Alonso fastest in rainy 2nd practice session

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Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in the second free practice session in Australia, which was interrupted by rain after a quarter of an hour. Due to the wet track, the racers could not improve their times, so the Aston Martin driver remained at the top of the time table, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc the closest to him, and the current leader in the F1 championship, Max Verstappen, third.

Mar302023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso: Next year I will take "Verstapp's" number 33

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Fernando Alonso joked that next season he will ask the FIO to take over the starting number 33, which was otherwise chosen by Max Verstappen. The Dutchman, the world champion for the last two seasons, uses the number 1, and it seems that it will be available to him next season as well. "If Max continues to use the No.1, I have to see if I can get the No.33," joked the Aston Martin driver, who could take his 33rd career win this year. The chances of a 33rd win, however, ignited a new trend among Spanish fans who, according to Alonso, fell in love with F1 again. "It's crazy to see that Spain is now excited about Formula 1 again. It's definitely nice to see and I hope they enjoyed these two races when I got the podium," Alonso said. "33, I don't know exactly what is happening on social networks. Three years old

Mar202023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The FIA returned third place to Alonso in Saudi Arabia

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Fernando Alonso retained his third place from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which was taken away from him immediately after the race, due to an allegedly wrongly served penalty for the incorrect position of the car at the start. The Aston Martin team appealed the decision of the referees, which was the result of a short clip of Alonso serving his penalty, where it appeared that the car's rear jack momentarily touched, and succeeded in the appeal, as the rules do not prohibit the mechanics from touching racing car, but they are not allowed to work on it while serving the time penalty. "The penalty time was served as we allowed ourselves a bit more time, just to be safe," explained Aston Martin's sporting boss, Andy Stevenson. "The rules say that you are not allowed to work on a racing car, and as far as I understand the rules, we did not work with us

Mar192023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Fernando Alonso was left without a jubilee podium due to a penalty after the race

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Spain's Fernando Alonso finished the race for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in third place after serving a 5-second penalty for incorrect starting position, which would have been his 100th podium in F1. But FIA stewards handed the Aston Martin a 10-second time penalty after the race for failing to properly serve the penalty at the stop, which saw the 41-year-old Alonso slip to fourth in the race classification, but the decision was later reversed due to a missed deadline for issuance of penalties.

Mar182023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Perez won pole position for Red Bull after Verstappen's car broke down

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Max Verstappen, after the fastest times in the free practice sessions for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, finished at the start of the second part due to a car failure and took fifteenth place, but the Red Bull car will start the race in Jeddah from first place, as the second driver Red Bulla, Sergio Perez. Second place was achieved by Charles Leclerc, who will lose ten starting places due to the change of control electronics and will start the race from twelfth place. Due to the Monaco's penalty, Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who was third in qualifying, will advance to the first row. Mercedes driver George Russell was fourth, Carlos Sainz was fifth, Lance Stroll was sixth, Esteban Ocon was seventh, Lewis Hamilton was eighth, Oscar Piastri was ninth, and Pierre Gasly was tenth.

Mar52023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso: Eight months ago, something like this was unthinkable

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Fernando Alonso said that the performance of the Aston Martin team at the qualifying in Bahrain was incredible, and that eight months ago, no one could have even imagined something like this. The Spaniard, who will take part in the first race with the Aston Martin team today, finished qualifying in fifth place, while his teammate Lance Stroll, who broke both wrists 12 days before, finished eighth. "It's just an incredible achievement and an incredible car that we have now," said an excited Alonso. "This is just the beginning of this project, so we have a good basis to develop in the next weeks and races. To start the first race from fifth place is incredible. We are enjoying every moment, every training session. It seems almost too good to be true, but the qualifications are behind us and we are still among the best

Mar42023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso the fastest also in the last training session before qualifying

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The Spaniard Fernando Alonso was also the fastest in the third and thus the last practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Aston Martin driver was 1 seconds faster than the current world champion, Max Verstappen, and 32.340 seconds faster than the second Red Bull driver, Sergio Perez, with a time of 0.005:0.106. Lewis Hamilton was fourth with a time 0.215 seconds worse. The fifth time belonged to the Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell, Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz, Oscar Piastri and Pierre Gasly finished the training in the top ten.