Fernando Alonso describes overtaking Lewis Hamilton at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: “He didn’t close the door”
The old teammates and rivals created the standout moment of the 2023 curtain-raiser when ﷽🐻Alonso masterfully passed Hamilton en route to a podium finish.
He t🐻hen described a dramatic debut f♍or Aston Martin to Sky Sports…
You made contact with teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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 came 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5最新开奖结果:George Russell!”
The Mercedes were both in front in the early stages…
“I stayed calm. The priority was t🌠o check that the car was fine after the hit. I ꦅknew the race was long in terms of tyre deg. But it’s not ideal 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 hadꦅ 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, an෴d 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 an🐲d better tyres so they couldn’t stop me for long.”
A podium finish to begin the season…
“This feels good because it’s on merit. On t🌃he last few occasions when 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 sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyꦅthing from American sports, to football, to F1.
