2023-11-06 02:51:00
The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) achieved a great overtake on the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), in the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix, and that helped him achieve third position, the best he did this season.
“If it wasn’t the best overtake this year, it was the closest thing to it. It was a very strategic race,” said Alonso after the race at the Interlagos circuit.
The veteran Spanish driver finished third after a spectacular last lap, in which he was overtaken by Sergio Pérez, although he managed to return the overtake to the Mexican before reaching the finish line.
Alonso defended third position for many laps against attacks from Pérez, who used DRS.
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“You have clean air, it was good for me in terms of managing the tyres. The car in front may always have better grip,” she commented.
“For me it has been like 30 laps with Checo behind” and involved in the battle “I have gone with everything” for the third place that he won at the end of the race.
The two-time F1 world champion dedicated his 106th podium to his team.
It’s for the team, we’ve had a difficult few months, but we will continue fighting until the last lap. It goes for them and for the factory,” commented Alonso.
For his part, Sergio Pérez congratulated Alonso for third place.
“It took me a while to get to Mercedes and this hurt my career. I was a little behind against Fernando, but we are getting closer to the podium. I want to congratulate him, it was a great dispute, very fair,” said the Red Bull driver.
With fourth place in Interlagos, Pérez remains second in the drivers’ championship, behind champion and teammate Max Verstappen, with 258 points, 32 more than the British Lewis Hamilton.
“It’s good. It was a good day for the championship. I would have liked to be on the podium. It hurts to lose, but I am happy for Fernando because he had a great race,” the Mexican concluded.
With agency information
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