Approved and failed the Portuguese Grand Prix: Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz …

The third race of the World Championship, the Portuguese Grand Prix, has left winners and losers. Among those approved in Portimao, those of Fernando Alonso and Alpine stand out; while Ferrari or Aston Martin leave with a separate Portimao suspension.Lewis Hamilton: ApprovedIn a race in which Max Verstappen started as a favorite, the seven-time world champion has vindicated himself. Lewis Hamilton has won the Portuguese Grand Prix and has extended the advantage over Verstappen in the fight for the World Cup. Fernando Alonso: Approved The Asturian driver has come back from thirteenth position to eighth. Fernando Alonso has also vindicated himself in an unprecedented circuit for him. The two-time champion has allowed himself the luxury of overtaking Carlos Sainz on the track, thus becoming the first Spaniard in Portimao.Ferrari: SuspenseIf Carlos Sainz has run out of tires in the final stretch of the race it is because he was wrong riding media and not hard at the stop. The Madrid driver has also been penalized for having started the Portuguese Grand Prix on soft tires, although this is something that allowed him to place fourth after the start.Mercedes: SuspensoMercedes has won the race, has placed both drivers on the podium and has got the fastest lap with Bottas; even so he was about to give a point to Max Verstappen. Valtteri Bottas stopped two laps to go to go for the fastest lap, which until then was Sergio Pérez. Without pressure from Bottas, who should have stopped on the last lap and not the penultimate, Verstappen also stopped in search of the fastest lap. The Dutchman got it, although race direction finally took it away for exceeding the track limits. A mistake that almost cost Mercedes a point.Alpine: Approved The most happy team to leave Portugal is Alpine. The performance offered by the A521 has had nothing to envy neither the McLaren nor the Ferrari in Portimao. Esteban Ocon was seventh and Fernando Alonso eighth. For the second race in a row the two Alpine riders have been in the points, both improving the position they conquered in Imola. Esteban Ocon: ApprovedAlpine’s approval has been contributed by Esteban Ocon. The French rider finished one race ahead of Fernando Alonso again and the result of both has allowed his team to climb to fifth place in the Constructors’ World Championship.Max Verstappen: Approved The Dutch rider is second again and it seems that he will fight until the final for the World Cup with Hamilton, something that the spectators long for. The fight between the two is so close that Max Verstappen went for the fastest lap on the last lap, making the Portuguese Grand Prix even more attractive.Valtteri Bottas: Pass Although the Finnish driver has once again been unable to translate a pole into a victory, He has helped the team in Portimao a lot. After being overtaken by Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas was able to hold Verstappen behind long enough for Lewis Hamilton to reap a decisive lead. In addition, Bottas has achieved the fastest lap, achieving an extra point for Mercedes in the fight for the Constructors’ World Cup. Lando Norris: Approved Without Carlos Sainz as a teammate, the British driver has taken a step forward in 2021. Lando Norris has returned to being the first driver after Mercedes and Red Bull and remains third in the World Championship. Its result has great merit if you take into account that at Portimao McLaren it has offered worse performance than Ferrari and Alpine.Aston Martin: Suspense Both Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel have once again been out of the points zone. Although the four-time world champion was tenth, he finished fourteenth while Stroll was thirteenth. Both have seen how Antonio Giovinazzi, with an Alfa Romeo, has finished ahead of them. It seems difficult that Aston Martin can fight for third place in the Constructors’ World Cup, which was his goal before the start of the championship.Mick Schumacher: Approved With Haas as the worst team on the grid, and with his team already thinking about next season Both Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin have little motivation other than to finish races and try to do it ahead of each other. Well, in the Portuguese Grand Prix Schumacher not only managed to finish ahead of Mazepin but also to finish ahead of Nicholas Latifi’s Williams.Nikita Mazepin: SuspenseWith regard to Mazepin he not only finished behind Mick Schumacher but also been a hindrance on the track. The Russian did not facilitate Sergio Pérez to bend him, something that the Mexican reprimanded on the radio. “This kid is an idiot,” he said. After this maneuver Nikita Mazepin was sanctioned with five seconds.