His first season at Aston Martin means he is paired with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll, whose father La🐬wrence Stroll is bankrolling🌼 the F1 team.

Aston Martin roared out of the traps at the Bahrain Grand Prix ♔with Alonso earning a podium finish and Stroll finishing P6 after a heroic effort with injured wrists, but there was a minor flash-point.

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They made contact on Lap 1 and Alonso, bef🎶ore realising who had bumped into him, was asking via his team radio if the perpetrator would be penalised. The team radio, perhaps cleverly, did not reply.

Sky’s Naomi Schiff said: “If Lan𝕴ce brings the battle to Alonso, how will that work? 𝐆;

“It is c✨hallenging, a sꦰituation he must manage. 

“We’ve seen Fernando, and heard him, upset with other driver♌s on track. Lance clipped the wheel of Alonso ♑and he was saying ‘has a penalty been issued?’ He didn’t realise it was Lance! 

“He spent all weeඣkend praising Lance and I think that’s because of the dynamic in the team. It’s one to watch out for. 

“Alonso hasn’t always had the be𒈔st reputation🐽 of how he works within a team. 

“Itꦿ’s something he’ll be conscious of in his last stint. Particularly because his teammat🐷e’s father owns the team! An awkward dynamic, I would say.”

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Simon Lazenby added: “It’s all sweetness right now. He’s saying all the right things. Fernando is brilliant at that, to begin wi🦹th…

“I wonder if he will maintain that level of optimism! A happy Alonso iꩵs a man who gets the job done. They need to keep him sweet.”

Alonso’s newfound optimism even saw him embrace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, his ex-teammate ✨from McLaren and often his nemesis over the years, after the Bahrain GP.

But memories are never far of his tear-ups with teammates, most recently 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon last year at Alpine. After they collided in a sprint race at Interlagos, Alonso disparagingly said “one more race then it’s fina🍷lly over” about his time alongside Ocon.

And who could forget Alonso being sent 👍airborne but none oth🍒er than future teammate Stroll at last season’s US Grand Prix?

This year already, Aston Martin responded to the win🐎ter rumours of their develop🎃ment by stealing the show in Bahrain, laying down a marker that they could be Red Bull’s biggest challengers this season.

“Sebastian Vettel will be thinking: ‘W꧙hat have I done? That could have been me’,” Lazenby said.

“I got the impression that, from Lawrenc✱e Stroll’s perspective, if someone like Fernando comes onto the open market, you just snap him up.”