Aston Martin He has taken a 180 degree turn in a week. Seven days that changed everything since Fernando Alonso y Lance Stroll They fell into the Q1 of the Belgium Grand Prix as penultimate and last classified. 168 hours later, the Spanish and the Canadian got into the third line of the departure grid and will fight for the best result of the safe year and also since they are companions in the British team.
It is already its best joint classification since the Brazil 2023casually where Alonso uploaded to the podium to date. “It's a good turn!” The Asturian pilot exclaimed after completing his last turn of the classification with the clear track in Q3 before the attack of the rest of the survivors.
It earned him to be fifth, ahead of Stroll, his partner, Gabriel Bortoletohis sponsor, Max Verstappentetracampeón of the world, Liam Lawson e Isack Hadjaragain fast on a return with the Racing Bulls. His return was so good that he ended a tenth of the Pole, who took her against all prognosis Charles Leclerc (1: 15,372) above McLaren.
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The Spanish was paired in the same tenth as Lando Norris, George Russell and Stroll himself. Next to nothing. An impressive improvement from the quick session of Spa that again excite an entire country with the option that Alonso returns in the Hungaroring to a podium almost two years later. Above, coming from a back injury. In turn, Aston Martin goes from being last to fourth team below FerrariMcLaren y Mercedes.
One more madness from Alonso
Even so, the pilot remained firm insisting that his team has not changed anything since last week and the level increase is due to the layout itself. «I think we change the forward and back wing to put it for Hungary with all the aerodynamic load. The truth is that the set upheights, tire falls and all the things we have in the motor brake steering wheel, braking cast, all this is exactly the same as in Belgium. The characteristics of the circuit adapt better to us, ”he insisted.
