The Michael Schumacher record Fernando Alonso beat at the Dutch Grand Prix
Alonso and Aston Martin returned to form at Zan♔dvoort as they scored their seventღh podium of F1 2023.
The Spaniard’s P2 broke Schumacher’s record of 7399 days for the longest inte🌱🌊rval between first and last podium finishes in F1.
There’s 20 years, 5ꦜ months & 4 days between Alonso’s first podium (2003 Malaysian GP) and his final one (2023 Dutch GP).
Schumacher’s reco🐎rd was 20 years, 3 months & 2 days between Mexico 1992 and Valencia 2012.
Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Alonso believes it🌄’s too e🀅arly to say whether Aston Martin are truly back on form.
“I think too early to say,” he said. “🐠I think the car is better than the previous events, that’s for s🔴ure.
“The car felt easier ✱to drive, we were more competitive, we’ve been in the top five in every session this weekend - it was not only the race where we were fast, I think we felt competitive since Friday.
“But Monza next week is a completely different layout, minimum downforce there ♏and drag, and let’s see if we can still be competitive.”
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