Extremely hot take: However many points Alonso finishes this race with will be more than McLaren manage all year.Don't look now, but with Alonso the Aston Martin looks fast. Jumping out to a few points early could put them alongside Alpine and McLaren by the time Abu Dhabi rolls around.
Russell losing to Stroll might be many things, but certainly it's not boring.f*** yeah Alonso
And lol @ all the Mercedes fans on /r/formula1 saying shit like aNoThEr BoRiNg SeAsOn, conveniently forgetting the 8 consecutive WCCs by Mercedes.
Lance Stroll apparently broke his brain on the bike as well.
I thought Stroll was only focusing on out breaking Russell on his outside and got surprised when Alonso cut back to the inside. Pretty similar if not identical to what Leclerc did in that same corner in the 2020 Sakhir GP.He probably shouldn't have done what he did, because it was the first lap and because the AM is somewhere between 2nd and 4th fastest car (as opposed somewhere between 4th and 10th from last season, or plain 7th the season before), but there was room, and Alonso was not there nor even supposed to be there when Stroll committed.
(Again, Stroll did commit a bit too early but that's nowhere near whatever he did in Hungary two seasons ago).
Nah...I thought Stroll was only focusing on out breaking Russell on his outside and got surprised when Alonso cut back to the inside. Pretty similar if not identical to what Leclerc did in that same corner in the 2020 Sakhir GP.
I just don’t know why Merc doubled down on the no side pod concept, what a horrible decision even AM developed a better car over the winter break
This is what I meant.Nah...
- Leclerc had been there on the inside the whole time and Stroll was clearly and directly behind him; Alonso was ahead of Stroll here, but no directly ahead.
- It was wet so braking performance was much worse
- Stroll was actually on the track today.
Extremely hot take: However many points Alonso finishes this race with will be more than McLaren manage all year.
And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.The Aston Martin is a fast car. Looks like they'll be fighting with Mercedes this year, not Alpine or McLaren.
This is what I meant.
Going to Toyota was pretty solid.And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.
Renault to Ferrari ahead of 2010 was also good move. Altough I always tough that Alonso would have won the title in 2012 had he been driving the Lotus.And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.
Renault to Ferrari in a vacuum is definitely a good move, but less so given that reportedly RB had been after Alonso too at that time.Renault to Ferrari ahead of 2010 was also good move. Altough I always tough that Alonso would have won the title in 2012 had he been driving the Lotus.