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Lawson overtaking Perez in his home race and showing him the middle finger 😭
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Lance Stroll driving down the straight and his head bangs from left to right. After the race Stroll said he passed out in the car, in this clip for me it looks like he wasn't really 100% conscious. This race was a complete disaster considering how many drivers had health problems
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Verstappen get’s overtaken but leaves no space so Norris needs to shortcut and is ahead, Max get’s mad at that and absolutely sends it afterwards. In no world he’s making that corner and if Norris doesn’t avoid him that’s a crash. Such a dangerous driving, unbelievable.
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💥🗣️| Fernando Alonso said that he was always trying to confuse Perez with new racing lines:
"Sometimes I drove further, sometimes narrower, so as not to give him any indication of what the best line was for me. He always tried it the other way round and kept driving into bad
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Fernando Alonso put rubber on his starting position for a better start in the race with burnouts and by driving over it during the Sprint Shootout and Sprint race in Qatar
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Alonso removing a plastic bag stuck in his halo while driving 😂
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Fernando Alonso: Driver, race engineer and strategist during the rain phase at the Belgian Grand Prix
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Alonso: "Too much action, but Liam has six races to prove a lot and it's surely not the best approach he's taking."
"But hey, it's his career on the line, not mine."
[via
@SoyMotor
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Stroll out, Norris out and Alonso at the back because Hamilton turns in there like everybody needs to move when he comes
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Legendary statements about Fernando Alonso by F1 drivers, legends and team principals
🧵a Thread
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At this moment Fernando Alonso was leading the championship.
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So you're telling me that Sainz has left a big gap to the car in front of him, so he accelerates quickly, miscalculates the gap, slams the brakes and almost completely stops, causing Alonso to almost crash into him, causing a chain reaction, and Stroll ends up being to blame and
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Looks like that Verstappen started the chain reaction, after doing some weaving Max positions his car straight and accelerates, looks like the other drivers thought Max makes the restart.
All this led to a chain reaction, as you can see in the video. None of the drivers behind
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10 seconds?? 🤣 This is a complete joke. Alonso got 20 seconds in Australia for nothing! Norris now out and Verstappen is still P5 and gets points. This is ridiculous.
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If you look at Alonso's onboard he looked two times into his mirror seeing Hamilton coming too fast, it's like he knew that when he turns into the corner Hamilton will crash into him. He also steered a bit back to the left too leave a bit more space for Hamilton.
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Engineer: „We got Perez you’re through, good job.“
Alonso: „Haha hoho hah“
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Remember Alonso and Russel in Australia? 20 seconds for Alonso, only difference is that Russel crashed…
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Alonso on the radio: "So, i guess I’m not allowed to do any burnouts?"
Engineer: "Negative mate."
Alonso: "Actually I did one in Las Vegas in turn 1, that’s enough."
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💥| Fernando Alonso drove Dani Juncadella‘s Aston Martin Vantage DTM from the 2019 DTM season today at the Jarama circuit
🧵A thread of all the videos & photos
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🟢🚨| Aston Martin's reason for the drop in performance may have been identified, they will bring updates to solve the issues and get back on the podium:
👉Aston Martin's upgrades from Canada generated *too much* downforce, which put the AMR23 out of its operating window.
👉It
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Fernando giving his mechanics a hug after qualifying. What a team spirit
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Alonso on the radio: "Yeah copy guys this is for you guys. For all of you, all at the factory, everyone, everyone. This is for you. Thank you"
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Before and after Newey, that man couldn’t be happier right now
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Alonso trying to bring the car back after the race with his throttle issues
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Today 2 months ago Fernando Alonso overtook Perez in a Red Bull on the last lap for his 106 podium in his career
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🇪🇸🗣️| Fernando Alonso:
“The 33 has been taken up by the team and we are going to try it every weekend, even if it’s impossible.
“Everything I do in life is because I think I’m going to win.“
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The difference is crazy, the Ferrari literally swallows the curb while the Aston barely can touch it.
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Alonso overtaking Norris on softs in wet conditions, not even included…
Who will be crowned the
@cryptocom
Overtake of the Month winner for September? 👑🤨
Cast your vote! 🗳️👇
#F1
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🗣️| Fernando Alonso: "I will be driving in '26, and after '26 I will be driving, in Formula 1 or in another series, but in the Aston Martin team."
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💥🗣️| Fernand Alonso on the best overtake from him this season:
"I think it's Lewis Hamilton's in Bahrain, or also the one at Zandvoort, because two years ago I did it on the outside, this year on the inside and maybe next year I'll do it in the middle... but Hamilton's because
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💥🗣️| Fernando Alonso to GQ Magazine:
"I feel fresh, I feel fast and I'm enjoying the journey with Aston Martin. I feel motivated... it's not time to retire yet."
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Alonso's final Q3 lap and post qualifying radio. Look into the cockpit, you can see how happy he is after crossing the line.
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Engineer to Alonso: "Perez 1.5 behind."
Alonso: "Yeah, it’s all good here, you know what I’m doing."
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💥🟢| Stroll managed to reach 337 km/h in the race with the high-downforce Monaco rear wing!
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Alonso post race radio: "Yeah, well done guys. What an incredible season we had. Thank you guys, enjoy. Have a good break. We come back stronger next year."
"Well done guys. I’m happy. Happy with the race. I’m super happy. I’m proud of you. All the season. So we come back
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We should also not forget Stroll’s drive today, good pace and a really big improvement in the last races! Happy for him
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💥🟢| Alonso achieved the highest top speed in the race with a massive 343km/h!
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🟢💥| Why 2024 is expected to be a better year for Aston Martin and why they are struggling this year:
👉Aerodynamic efficiency will begin in 2024 with a car born by Dan Fallows from scratch, without the weight of a previous concept
👉In the last fifteen months Aston Martin
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🗣️🟢| Helmut Marko was asked on Sky Germany who could challenge Red Bull
Reporter: "McLaren was strong, Mercedes challenged you in FP3, who could challenge you the most?"
Marko: "We should not forget Fernando."
Marko: "I think it will be McLaren, Mercedes or Alonso"
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🗣️💥Fernando Alonso: "Hopefully the top 3 or 4 will try the gravel tomorrow".
👉"I'm much more exited about the podium than I was in the last few races".
👉"We are two positions behind. Hopefully we can make a good start. Passing Albon would be interesting because his speed on
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Extracting everything from the car, being at the limit every corner. Incredible drive from Alonso to secure P4 in qualifying.
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Adrian Newey to Aston Martin. Done. ✅
Newey visited the factory and met some people and his meeting with Lawrence and Alonso seem to convinced him in the end.
Some weeks ago there was already some work going on in the factory for him to arrive.
But it was not allowed to
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🚨🟢 Fernando Alonso signs for Aston Martin on multi-year deal - taking him through at least 2026
🤭😉
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🗣️💥| Mike Krack was asked if Fernando Alonso will remain at Aston Martin beyond the 2024 season and if the age would play an important role, his answer was:
"We discuss those things, but I can only say, you know, that at the level he is working on, I think age is just a
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💥| Today Aston Martin tested the Bahrain car in the Abu Dhabi post-season testing:
👉Bahrain front-wing
👉Bahrain sidepods (waterslide)
👉Bahrain floor including floor fences
👉Bahrain engine cover
👉Bahrain rear wing but with top flap cut
I made a few comparison take a look:
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Fernando Alonso on the "incident" with Hamilton:
"I think Lewis protested at Turn 5, I tried to brake to give him DRS, we did that in Canada in 2013, so 10 years later we played a bit of the same cat and mouse game. He has a lot of quality and experience, but I have more."
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💥🟢| QATAR - Track Guide
👉Lots of High Speed Corners - (Aston Martins weakness)
👉Only 1 slow corner - (Aston Martins strength)
👉1.1km main straight - (Aston Martin has bad top speed and high drag)
👉High degradation - (AM had the worst tyre wear in Suzuka)
👉Qatar is
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I did some research and found some pictures of the other drivers' onboards showing Alonso's broken floor. A big piece on the right side is missing, but there was a lot more than you can see here.
Mike Krack said a huge piece almost half a metre long and 20-30cm wide was
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Alonso: "Wow. Wow."
"Here nearly a big, big crash. I lift off, luckily."
"Imagine I do that. How many seconds?"
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🚨🟢| Aston Martin wants to recover the flex value of the front wing with new materials in Singapore
👉The FIA questioned the materials with which the flexible flaps were made and Aston Martin needed to make changes
👉According to Franco Nugnes from Motorsport Italia, Aston
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Fernando Alonso’s Bahrain FP1 time 2023 on soft: 1:33.196
Fernando Alonso’s Bahrain FP1 time 2024 on medium: 1:33.193
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Car is moving towards me should I move?
Perez: “No don’t think so“
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Engineer to Alonso: "Lance P5, loads of points."
Alonso: "Yes, yes! Come on guys I’m happy for you.“
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Alonso: "I wanted to maximise my exit speed from Turn 6 to defend against him. That’s what any racing driver would do, and I didn’t feel it was dangerous.
"It’s disappointing to get a penalty from the stewards for what was hard but fair racing."
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Fernando Alonso’s special helmet for the Mexico Grand Prix, celebrating 400 Grands Prix.
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💥🟢| Now that the season is over, here is the data on how Aston Martin performed this season
(All the data are the average over the 22 races)
Starting with the race pace over the season:
👉Over the whole season, Aston Martin was only 0.75 seconds slower than Red Bull per
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🗣️💥| Mike Krack says what his highlights of the first half of the season are:
👉“For me, Lance's comeback from injury and Fernando's special approach in Monaco are what stand out.“
👉“And with Fernando in Monaco, it wasn't the performance on track, it was the commitment, the
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🗣️💥| Fernando Alonso: "In 2024 we want to fight to win races."
"We want more, we want to take the next step, which is to fight to win races."
"Red Bull was very dominant this year, but next year, hopefully, we can take that step."
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💥🟢| It looks like that Aston Martin has gone back to their Bahrain engine cover for Las Vegas
👉This engine-cover has not been used for a long time
👉But it could also be a revised Bahrain one, because it looks like there is a small difference but I’m not sure if it’s just
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What the hell is this?? They are literally just parking there
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What is Tsunoda doing there ffs? Leaving the space open and then closing the door. Destroyed Lance’ race.
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Fernando Alonso Bahrain Q3 final lap comparison between 2024 and 2023
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💥🟢| Alonso thinks Hungary could be the track where he can get his long awaited 33rd win
👉He said that it was one of the tracks where he had "all the hopes", as he explains that, due to its characteristics, the AMR23 should adapt very well to the track.
👉Top speed is not the
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Albon pushing Stroll off track and Stroll gets a 10s penalty for "Leaving the track and gaining an advantage."
FIA at it’s best again, ofc against Aston Martin again…
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Monaco 2023 qualifying throwback
"Fernando is absolutely flying"
Alonso: "Well done guys. Don’t be disappointed, this is magic."
Even if he didn't get pole it was a magical qualifying from Alonso and for the team.
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Alonso Japan Q1 2023 vs 2024:
2023: 1:30.971
2024: 1:29.254
-1.717s improvement
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🗣️💥| Lawrence Barretto:
"Sources say the 2024 [Aston Martin] car looks very different to its predecessor on the outside, with a plethora of changes under the skin and away from prying eyes, too."
Addition: The AMR24 will be the first car completely born from scratch by Dan
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💥🗣️| Fernando Alonso: "If I could choose one thing to do every time I wake up in the morning, I would still choose to be a Formula 1 driver".
"I never thought I would be in Formula 1 for so long because I never felt part of the circus: all the glamour, all the spectacle,
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Stroll driver of the day no doubts
Gaining 10 positions at the start and finishing P5 while starting P19
He has improved a lot in the last few races, good for him and the team
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🏁P5 very good job from Alonso to secure his position.
The pace looks better than in Bahrain as well as the tyre wear. The competition is close, it will all come down how we will develop the car.
Trust.
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🚨🟢| Mike Krack says they want to get closer to Red Bull in the next races and so upgrades are coming at Monza and Singapore
👉Krack: "We analysed everything and made new parts for Zandvoort, for Monza and we will also have more in Singapore. We don't want to stop now."
👉"The
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💥🟢| Look at the best sector times in the race, both Alonso and Stroll we’re up there and we need to remove Tsunoda and Ricciardo because they used softs in the end.
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According to my source, there will be new sidepods for Imola. Also new floor, the biggest impact will come from this.
New diffuser to accommodate the airflow channeling with the new floor etc.
But there will also be more parts coming to Imola, got told it may be a
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Being in the factory everyday, driving the simulator everyday and smiling the whole time. Aston Martin what have you build
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Engineer: "Fernando, we've got a puncture. Fernando, box, box."
Alonso: "Yeah, I mean, the circuit is in such a bad shape, full of stones. Yeah, not Formula 1 standards."
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🇸🇬P8 for Alonso in Singapore. Very well executed from him today. He squeezed everything out of the car and earned 4 important points for the team. Well done!
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💥🗣️| Mike Krack agrees that Alonso is a "superhuman"
“What I have seen, I have never seen before,” Krack says of Alonso.
“With any kind of drivers, whatever age, whatever kind of category, I’ve never seen anything like that before.“
“I’m still deeply impressed with the first
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The reason why Stroll only finished in 5th place is that he had a massive impeding from a RedBull in turn 14, he had to brake very hard and lost a lot of time as a result, his engineer said afterwards he would have been at least P2.
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Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll arriving for today press conference
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🗣️💥| Alonso was asked if he was frustrated by Red Bull’s winning run
👉Alonso responded: “No, it’s a motivation to get to that level.“
👉“I think in some weekends we are at that level, but in our window of performance, I think like Zandvoort or Monaco or Canada, I think the
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💥🟢| According to Ted Kravitz more upgrades are coming in Mexico
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💥🟢| Fernando Alonso confirms that the damage in Singapore was "significant" and contributed to the AMR23's loss of potential and ended up fighting with slower cars
"It certainly wasn't helping. We know how much it affected, we won't share that data but it was significant."
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