The cars of 2022 How to give more show with a concept from the 70s?
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Alonso vs Ocon The Alpine Swing
It was a hectic half hour for
Fernando Alonso
at Silverstone, the scene of the first sprint race in F1 history. The Asturian shared the limelight with the great divos of the World Cup thanks to a formidable comeback, which will allow him to start on Sunday from seventh on the grid. The great British temple of speed also vibrated with the duel between
Max Verstappen
and
Lewis Hamilton
, in a first lap where the seven-time champion fell asleep before the championship leader, without stress since then to preserve a victory that is worth a
pole
.
With new soft tires and unbridled ambition, Alonso completed an astonishing comeback on the first lap. From eleventh place on the grid to fifth, after overtaking
Sebastian Vettel
,
Carlos Sainz
,
George Russell
,
Daniel Ricciardo
,
Lando Norris
and
Sergio Pérez
. The fabulous progression should not be attributed exclusively to the tires, since
Esteban Ocon
, with the same strategy, only won one place. And
Valtteri Bottas
, with identical shoes, did enough to stay in the background against Hamilton.
Alonso's initial precision in every move, as aggressive as it was calculated, was just a preview of what was to come next.
Four laps later, Norris came out for the first time, squeezing the McLaren's speed.
A few meters further on, nothing could oppose Fernando in turn 3. The evidence that everything was very serious was the whiplash suffered by Pérez on the Hangar Straight.
The Red Bull ran into the wall, although it could restart the march from the penultimate position.
Terrible displeasure for the Mexican, forced to retire the car shortly before the checkered flag.
"Do you have more power?"
One had to weigh very carefully in the balance of risks. A
Carlos Sainz
, for example, escaped any hope after an early riser incident with
George Russell
on the curve 3. Almost immediately, the commissioners ordered an investigation, although the Ferrari driver was off the
hook until the eighteenth place. Sunk in that well, he could only leave some sign of his courage before
Kimi Raikkonen
and
Pierre Gasly
.
The action on the asphalt, at that time, was reduced to what Alonso could resist against Ricciardo or Vettel. He could not resist against the Austrian, but he did against the four-time champion. The stewards had sent him a warning for his continuous zizagueos, when his rivals sharpened the knife of the DRS, but the leader of Alpine left a sample of his category. Denying all the spaces with those wheels in such bad condition is only within the reach of the chosen ones.
Hamilton and Verstappen, two other geniuses, could not deliver the promised show.
"I'm giving it my all. Do you have more power?" Asked the Briton, as his engineers reported blisters on the Red Bull's right front wheel.
As obvious as your own Mercedes.
So, with almost two seconds to spare, everything went smoothly for
Mad Max
.
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