168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso secured P4 in qualifying for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in part thanks to a few extra tenths that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton assisted him with.

With Hamilton finishing his final lap in Q3 on Friday, Alonso found himself𒊎 in his old rival’s slipstream.

The Aston Martin driver protested his innocence but wasn’t bel♏ieved by ever🦂yone in the paddock.

Asked if he intentionally seeked a tow from Hamilton, Alonso told S🦩ky Sports: “No. I knew that it was tight with him. I didn’t 🦂want to be in Lewis’ way in the last corner.

“I said ‘it is better to let him go’.

“My tyres had cooled down a bit. So that was not idea🔜l. I lꦦost one tenth but gained one tenth with the tow, so it compensated.

“It’s so difficult leaving the pitlane now, and leaving those seconds in front of you, to ca🍌lculate where you will be against the leaders and the front pack.”

B♓ut Bernie Collins, the ex-Aston Mart🦩in strategy engineer, did not believe him.

“Fernando has been around a long൩ time,” Collins said.

🌃“He knows what he is doing. He knows what his race engineer🦹 is saying.

“Hamilton is coming through on a fast ꧅lap. His race engineer might have said ‘stay ahead of him’.

“And he’s th💦inking ‘I will just let him go by, do a niceꦆ thing, and get a nice tow down the main straight!’

“Fernando knows what he’s doing there.”

Naomi Schiff added: “We see him set ꦆhimself up perfectly to get that toꦚw.

“Now whether he got it or▨ not, that’s exactly what he w🍸as trying to do.

“ There is a constant headwind down the straight here. If you’𓆉ve got a car in front, punching a hole for y🍨ou, that will inevitably do you justice.

“Smart from Alonso. He should take the credit. H🌠e put himself in a great position.”

Alonso w♔ill line up behind Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix starting grid.

He said about a♚ podium finish: “That would be a massive surprise. In Bahrain w𒐪e saw our natural position. We have our feet on the ground.

“I am su꧟per happy. So far, the questionꩵs are about if I am disappointed, which surprises me.

To be on the second row of the grid𝓡, we cannot be disappointed right now.

“Five days ago in Bahrain we wꦡere the fifth-fastest team. Now to be in the mix, at least in a one-lap performance, it’s great news.

“We need to re-confirm tomorrow. 💦In Bahrain we were strong on one lap but not so strong in race pace. We 🔥made changes to improve that.”