Canadian Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso (Alpine): "I will attack Max Verstappen at the first corner"

It was a time when Lewis Hamilton had only won a world championship title and Max Verstappen was still a go-kart driver. On July 21, 2012, Fernando Alonso took pole position in Germany and occupied the front row of a Grand Prix for the last time for many years. Ten years less a month later, the Spaniard rebounded the clock to accompany Max Verstappen on the grid in Montreal. A feat.-

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Last week, in Baku, the Asturian offered himself a nice longevity record by competing in a Grand Prix 21 years, 3 months and 8 days after his first. At the age of 40, the double world champion has been rejuvenating for a few weeks, while Alpine was still considering, not long ago, replacing his old veteran with his young prodigy Oscar Piastri.-

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It would probably have been a mistake not to take advantage of the Oviedo driver, whose talent is still intact, for a little longer. In Montreal, after two days where he never stopped gaining momentum, you had to appreciate his risk-taking and his “hell of a flying shot“, as the Canadians like to say, to subdue anyone not named Max Verstappen in conditions that level the performance gap between cars.-

A strategy to destabilize Verstappen

Despite a nice through Ken Block in front of the wall of champions, “Nando” still paid the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz who, decidedly, will have a hard time getting out of the shadow of his ultra-popular compatriot. So ask the crowd present en masse around the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit.-

This return to the future will not only appeal to those nostalgic for another era. The desire and the will of Alonso, a little lost in a post-qualification protocol that he had ended up forgetting, still have something refreshing. When questioned on the track, the Spaniard made everyone’s mouth water: “I think I’m going to attack Max at the first corner“, he dropped in a tone of humor.

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He then repeated it again in the press area to a journalist from Sky Sport having pointed out to him that Verstappen had called him “vieux“. “It’s a strategy to make him nervoushe confided to DAZN. But I’m not sure it works.”

Alonso has rhythm

When it came time to regain her seriousness, Alonso played it a little more modest, believing that her real position lies “between 5th and 7th“and that he”will crash sooner or later in the race“including against Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc, who are starting from afar. A nice way to highlight his performance of the day.-

In reality, however, a podium seems far from utopian. After bringing new pontoons to Baku, Alpine debuted a new rear wing package in Montreal and has the power-wise to hold on in the straights. “The whole weekend, he has demonstrated that he is between 3rd and 5th in terms of paceemphasized on Canal+ team boss Laurent Rossi. So I think he will try to keep his position and build on the good performance of the car..”

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And scratch precious points at McLaren, 4th force on the grid, whose drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris will only start from 9th and 14th rows on the grid. “I’m confident, but you can’t dream too big“, recalled the Spaniard who has been dreaming for a long time. And that’s already not bad.

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Fernando Alonso (Alpine) waves to the crowd after qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, June 18, 2022

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