Fernando Alonso has explained how he beat Sergio Perez to secure a podium place at the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Aston Martin’s Alonso put his season back on track with a superb drive, winning a thrilling battle with Perez for the final spot on the podium behind Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.
Two-time world champion Alonso held off Perez for much of the final stint, but appeared to have missed out on third place when he lost the position to the Red Bull driver on the penultimate lap. However, Alonso fought back brilliantly and overtook Perez’s superior Red Bull on the final lap to secure a spot on the podium. After the race, Alonso revealed that deft driving and precise car placement were the secret to his brilliant defensive drive against Perez. “The car in front has a bit of an advantage in terms of grip in the last three corners,” Alonso explained. “So I was careful not to make any mistakes in those three corners, otherwise Czech would get too close. I also used my energy on the straights and tried not to give Czech any chances.” And as for the line, I would change the line from time to time. I didn’t want to be on the same line all the time if possible. If Czech was on the inside, I would sometimes be on the inside and sometimes on the outside. , there was no clear direction for him to change the racing line and get a chance to get some clean air.It was going to cause turbulence to his front nose anyway.” Alonso said at Turn 1 with two laps to go. After Perez dived into the inside of the Aston Martin, he admitted he thought the podium was gone. A lap later, Alonso had his revenge, sweeping around the outside of Perez at Turn 4 to regain the position and hold off the fast Red Bull on the long climb to the finish line. In a dramatic photo finish, the difference between the two was just 0.053 seconds. “I was under pressure from the Czechs for about 30 laps, but when they passed me with two laps to go, I thought, ‘This is it, I can’t get on the podium,'” Alonso said. “But he was braking a little bit late in Turn 1, so I said to myself, ‘OK, turn 4 is the fight.’
2023-11-07 22:27:49
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