Fernando Alonso describes overtaking Lewis Hamilton at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: “He didn’t close the door”
The old teammates and rivals created the staไndout moment of the 2023 curtain-raiser when Alonso masterfully passed Hamilton en route to a podium finish.
He then described𒅌 a 🐼dramatic debut for Aston Martin to Sky Sports…
You made contact with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll on Lap 1…
Alonso said: “The start was okay. Similar ⭕to Red Bull’s, worse than Ferrari’s.
“I thought Lewis was on the inside but he wasn’t so I lost momentum there. On Turn 4 I c𝐆ame into problems - Lewis was too close, then Lance came from very far.
“I could not think Lance was that close! I thought it was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell!”
The Mercedes were both in front in the early stages…
“I stayed calm. Thꦐe priority was to check that the car was fine after the hit. I knew the race was long in terms of tyre deg. But it’s not i🍎deal when you have to overtake a lot of cars.”
You made the most of your new tyres…
“I wanted to use them properly!”
Describe overtaking Hamilton…
“I had momentum on the🌱 exit. I committed. Luckily Lewis didn’t close the door🌳 otherwise I would have hit his rear wing.
“You either do it like Lewis, and don’t close the door, or like Carlos Sainz - you close ♈the door, then you are weak on the exit.”
You overtook Sainz but also touched cars…
“I didn’t feel [contact]. It’s the British technology! If you defend on the inside you are very weak on the exit. I had more pace and better tyres💃 so they couldn’t stop me for long.”
A podium finish to begin the season…
“This feels good bec൩ause it’s on merit. On the last few occasions whe🦂n I was competitive, there were special circumstances. We have changed concept so there is a new philosophy to the car. It was an amazing start to this project.”
James was a spo♔rts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sꦛports, to football, to F1.
