Fernando Alonso finished one of the most emotional races of his extensive sports career. Saying this to a two-time Formula 1 champion, two-time Le Mans 24-hour champion and a world champion in Resistance are major words, but a drought of more than seven years justifies a good party this Sunday in Doha.
«The podium 98 is already at home. Sorry for the delay, “ said Fernando Alonso with smiling emojis celebrating a third place that is the podium number 98 in his career in Formula 1. ” There are not just two next to me, they were Hamilton and Verstappen, “ added the Asturian on a photo that he will keep as a world championship in his trophy room.
Because the good performance of Fernando Alonso has fueled the Alpine team’s illusion to try to compete for great things in 2022. The French car was more than competitive in Qatar, beating Ferrari and McLaren on a rather complex track where engine and aerodynamics demand the maximum to perform.
Podio 98 is already at home. Sorry for the delay 😁
Podium 98th is already at home. Sorry for the delay 😁 # qatar # f1 #alpine #podio pic.twitter.com/3sVsPt2dOH
– Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) November 21, 2021
There is a base to dream about and Fernando Alonso knows that the plan for 2022 goes through a real revolution of the entire chicken coop where they benefit. For now, the Asturian showed in front of the entire grid that with a decent car he is capable of standing up to a Red Bull like Sergio Pérez’s and that those rankings that place him as one of the best drivers on the grid are not smoke . Hands, undoubtedly, keep them fitter than ever.
The reality is that with the championship clenched in a fist with Red Bull and Mercedes fighting until the last tenth, this is still good news for Fernando Alonso. His rivals are fully focused on an immediate result, while he and Alpine follow a plan that wants to be a winner as soon as possible.
Everything that the two great teams of the Great Circus do not focus on in 2022 will be opportunities and benefits for the rest of the teams. Fernando Alonso has silenced those who doubted with a race to frame and has achieved a podium that made the Alpine box more happy than Esteban Ocon’s triumph in Hungary. Everyone knows the long road through the desert that a pilot has had to pass who now apologizes for taking so long to give his fans reason to believe.
