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Fernando Alonso

left the Imola circuit yesterday a couple of hours before the start of the race.

His work at the Emilia Romagna GP had ended after the traditional previous briefing and the flight to Bahrain, where from Wednesday he will take over the controls of the Renault, he couldn't wait.

In the roadmap of the two-time world champion, these two days of testing in Sakhir have been highlighted, in which he will get behind the wheel of the RS18, a car from two seasons ago, and will share a garage with new drivers such as

,

and

.

Neither of these two factors detracts from Alonso's combativeness.

He knows better than anyone that he must regain the feeling of an F1 as soon as possible.

Especially if it is the third best car in the World Cup.

Yesterday

took the second podium for Renault in the last three races.

With those 15 points, the French team reached third place in the Constructors' World Championship, just ahead of Racing Point and McLaren.

"We need to keep it up and focus on the four weekends left until the end," said Renault boss

, very stubborn in this goal in recent times.

The Renault weekend in Imola, after 14 years of forced absence, presented a clearly upward profile.

The bad feelings of the only free session and the suffering in Q1 only improved thanks to the talent of Ricciardo.

"It may sound like a pat on the back, but it was my best lap so far this year," analyzed the Australian after his fifth position on the grid.

Yesterday, during the race, he knew how to take advantage of the abandonment of

and control the attacks of

(Alpha Tauri) and

(Racing Point).

“We have made the courageous decision not to stop, assuming we had enough pace to contain our rivals.

It has borne fruit thanks to the great driving of Daniel, who knew how to maintain the optimum temperature of the tires during the

”explained Abiteboul.

91 points in seven races

The RS20 was confirmed again yesterday as a very fast car, capable of making Ricciardo fly over the narrow asphalt of Imola.

The eternal smile of the Australian, the one in charge of replacing him next season at McLaren, lit up the podium yesterday.

During the ceremony, he was even encouraged to invite

in his traditional champagne toast on the boot, which he had overlooked three weeks ago at the Nurburgring.

The hexacampeón gladly accepted, although this gesture violated all health protocols against Covid-19.

After a lazy start to the World Championship, crowned in mid-August by a double zero at Montmeló, Renault has gained momentum with 91 points in the last seven rounds.

They have even managed to emerge from such dire moments as last week in Portimao.

In fact, his third place in the table will be sustained on stronger foundations if

manages to recover at the end of the pothole.

95-40 to Ocon

The young Frenchman, who in principle must share a garage with Alonso from 2021, added his fourth retirement yesterday.

A strip of plastic from his visor had seeped into the brake line and precipitated his first stop.

Later, the gearbox failure stranded his RS20.

This conjunction of coincidences illustrates his recent string of misfortunes.

With less than half the points of his teammate (95-40) and an illuminating 11-1 adverse in Saturday's standings, Ocon's future could be jeopardized in favor of

or

.

Alonso, 39, is still shaping up to be one of Ocon's worst possible adversaries.

Throughout 17 seasons he knocked out both veterans such as

or

as newcomers, such as

and

.

Abiteboul's idea remains to reconcile seniority with youth, although nothing can ever be taken for granted in F1.

Ocon, who already suffered a similar disappointment at Racing Point in 2019, knows it better than anyone.

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