17 Burst results for "Fernando Alonzo"
Box of Neutrals
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"The season is finally started, I'd box of neutrals like, yes, it is Michael Andrew. No more. Yes. Please for the love of God, this is the war that the first 5 minutes of the episode. I tell you what, I know we live in a post truth era, but we say do a forgotten post truth and just satire. Which was by a very long winded attempt. So come back, this is not Daryl simons and beta verandas. Michael Leonardo and rob James, so bucks of neutrals again. And for season 2023 and I'll be honest. I kind of forgot it started. Yes, well, you know what? Maybe it never did because Max Verstappen by the looks of it has already won the world championship much like last year. Maybe we just starting in a couple months. Oh, we're doing a formula E where instead of just the calendar year, we just go, it's an amalgamation of 2022 and 2023. The continuation of race 24 is the 2022. There's a 23 year old it doesn't. 20 plus. 20 plus, because I stopped counting after 20 years, maybe we recently pointed out about the midseason break, see what's going on. Lance stroll. Should he break his wrists more often? Yes, the cyborg. We're going to dub him. He's a Blade Runner. I think that's right. And I'll skip the S three. Who needs to say anymore about that? That's all to come on this episode. The box of neutrals. I thought we nailed that. Oh, no, but it just ten minutes. Here's a box of neutrals WTF. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. That's what WTF stands for isn't it? Ha ha. Every driver I see for Fernando Alonso to Sergio Pérez oh my God. I was wrong. It was box of neutrons all along. If I may made him again he asked me for my murder again if I need made a beat him again Formula One driver out of me. It's time for Fox of neutrals. Couldn't find a clay beat. Rob
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"But that actually only counts it at the line. So there are actually far more change. It's just that they pass each other maybe a couple of times on each. That's just one of those incredible cool races. Also, did you know he was team manager up tallman for a while? Peter gathered. I don't think so. Yeah, he was and Peter Collins was brought in to replace him apparently. Everyone really liked him. But he wasn't very good. He didn't really know the job. And he lived in Sussex and I traveled up to Whitney every day and didn't really like doing that very much. So he didn't last very long, but he was briefly. Has this come out of the research for your came out of the book? I think you get away with it on the blog. That's fine. Excellence. Right, let's move on. Who's next on the list? This has got to be the most. The more time goes past, the more this race is ridiculous. So I think the 2000 12 Spanish Grand Prix passed the Maldonado. So, okay, that year's Williams actually wasn't a bad car and he qualified on what he didn't qualify and probably actually qualified second but Lewis Hamilton, his McLaren didn't have enough feel for the sample test so he got booted to the back of the grid. So now now that I got poll, but you think, well yeah, but he's not going to stay ahead of the chasing pack for the race. And he did actually lose the lead at one stage, but Williams got him back ahead of someone someone used to know Fernando Alonso Ferrari in his mirrors and given that Maldonado spent quite a lot of his career both in F one and afterwards hitting objects and making mistakes, like very quick, but you would not put any money whatsoever on him holding off about the most relentless driver of the 21st century. But he did. He won the race and that tone that I've just used there, slightly high. But every time I look at it, I just think how did that happen? So just an astonishing performance, a great day. I think it was Frank Williams birthday, wasn't it, as well? And then there was a fire at the Gary. So there was lots of conspiracy theories about what were they using specialists or special that, but irrespective of all that is just a remark. Even if it was a massive engine or something, which I don't think it was, but he still didn't fall off while the pylons. Just an incredible day. Yeah, for me, this is very much the definition of the one hit wonders because there's no other race in my career. It gets anywhere near it in my mind. Yeah, you say, obviously, benefited inherited poll, but even then qualified in the front row and just, yeah, pretty much flawless race near enough, apart from that sort of drop off the lead. But yeah, the way you took control of the managed the tires right to the end and you say Alonzo at his home race. If there's probably anyone you wouldn't want behind you in those circumstances, it was Fernando Alonso. But yeah, he did it. And it was just incredible. And you say, just out of nowhere, much to the amusement of pretty much everyone that was watching. If you're thinking of one hit wonders as a 1980s pop, one hit wonder. That probably this probably is the definition of that, isn't it? And I'd also go as far as is it not one of the ugliest winners in the car I mean? Yes.
Box of Neutrals
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"He's got to do? Well, potentially there's two. I know what it is. Or it could be a fork in the road. Either takes over Stefano dominical and run the Formula One. That's pretty good. He then will institute which is an idea I've been floating for years as well. He's the wild card entry. He will feel this every weekend. And it really interesting that he's off pieced. It's like the garage 24 of flight where it is truly, it can run whatever it wants. It doesn't fall apart. It can run whatever tyres and fuel, whatever. Engine capacity and Fernando will feel that car as the CEO of the Formula One group, or he just runs Ferrari. It's one of the two. I was gonna say, could Fernando step in for bonauto and run Ferrari while still also driving for another team. Like, I don't think that's ever been done. And he's an innovator. They say that Jack while Jack Brabham designed and raced his own car. No one's ever sort of driven another car. At the same time either. The Fernando is two teams is better than just he's cut of that mold. If there's anyone to do, it's going to be financial. That's it. Look, it's possible. Is it possible as well that he could initiate a takeover of Lauren stroll's Aston Martin business. And just turn it into Fernando Alonso writing. Maybe it's a big plan. You buy me no way. Exactly. Maybe that's just he's going to use Lauren stroll's own money via his salary and take over the business. Michael, you can't. You can't call it the Fernando Alonso racing team. Think about it. Very good. Well done. We're picked. It wouldn't be beyond you if he were to buy it for that
Box of Neutrals
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"Four by three. So that's how we know it was. And he runs this amazing campaign where he is the amount of times I've heard Martin Brundle with just in awe of Fernando Alonso. Yeah, it's a fascinating. One hell of charisma is all else though. To be fair, now let me step in and I don't want to run defense if Fernando Alonso has too much money to require my defense, but he did have a very an under not underratedly good because at the end of every race he told everyone had good to say that he was having. But he did have a pretty good season. If you go back and look at all of the retirements, he accumulated for the year. He did say halfway through the year he thought he lost 70 points in the season. That was a gross exaggeration. By the end of the year, I think he lost probably close to 60, maybe up to 70 points, but at the end of the year. Would have made him comfortably ahead of Lando Norris in the final point standings. So for me, I understand why he thinks he's still, you know, the God of Formula One, because he's having a good season. And if you were in a bit of car, you probably would be doing better. What I don't understand is why he continuously burns his opportunities to get a better car. That's the great contradiction with Fernando, isn't it? The fact that you'll have a great season, like 2012 and Ferrari, one of his best seasons, he says it's the only season he reckons was better than this year. You'll probably say the same thing next year. But he worked out Ferrari. Within a year, he's pissed off Ferrari and he's out the door at the end of 2014. Like, that's just the way it happens. And this year, you know, again, he worked hard last year, Alpine's in a better position this year. They've sacrificed some engine reliability for performance, which would be fixed next year. And he's out the door before we get a chance to see any of that pay off. That's the really crazy thing about all of this is that he's put in the hard yards for no reward. And like the frustration is real, like we've seen it over the course of the year, like when he gets out of the car, he's, you know, he's angry and he's shaking his hands and he's here and all that kind of stuff like he looks angry and he is angry and even took it out on us about O'Connor one point. I think that's why O'Connor spoke out in the end. But at the end of the day, it's like he's wasting all of his best chances. He came back to form, we don't want all this ever to come back to Formula One. And now he's racing for Aston Martin. And you know, we'll be great if that's the one we're compared to. Just because another competitive team, but it just doesn't make any sense. Other than of course, the money, which I, you know, good on him, I guess. Why not? Respect the move. And it's not the first time he's made a move for big money and people have been like, why Fernando Y? You do to see yourself. You're doing it two yourself. There is another element of this, which is the Alpine side of things, because obviously that kicked off a pretty significant moment, the driver market over August over the mid season break. And, you know, completely walked out on Alpine, did his best job to burn bridges there. Didn't burn them completely I think they did pretty good job all things considered. But then of course Oscar piastra also burned a bridge with Alpine, even though it turned out he was absolutely completely 100% in the right to leave the team. Actually. But I wouldn't want to be a bridge anyway, the air pain. That's the interesting part. Because in the last couple of years, Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso, Oscar piastre, have all left at their first opportunity to leave Alpine. So maybe after thinking that this is a ridiculous move by Fernando Alonso, which I still think it is on pure performance terms. I still think there's this interesting question about what's going on in our paint that means all of these highly rated drivers are leaving and I think for Daniel will certainly do his detriment turned out even if he did not have the time. Possibly kill his career doesn't seem like it, but it was. Maybe the same will happen to ask is going to the same team and Fernando Alonso is going to ask Martin could well be the last thing he ever does in Formula One. It's remarkable. That is the other element of this that I think is really interesting. He's my robs to dramas tip. Oh yeah. My big hot tip. Fernando Alonso, the Triple Crown or whatever it is though. The crown jewels or the Dan Murphy's reward. That looks wrong so they're not signed anyway. He's going to different teams. He's going to different series. It's a race that Dakar is
Analog(ue)
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Analog(ue)
"So go now and get your customized fitness plan and fit by me slash analog and you'll get 25% off your membership when you go to fit pod me slash analog. Thanks to football for the support of this show and relay FM. So we got move into the F one segment of the podcast. Our show has become very like, we have the first half, which can be who knows what? It's like Formula One and a media recommendations. We just fell into it. That's true. But I just want to know, not about racist, particularly. I just want to know your kind of take on silly season, like all the moves that have been going on and all that business Y stuff over the last few weeks. I think I would probably say this just for the sake of good programming, but I genuinely I genuinely do need some sort of like a recap here, because as already mentioned in the best way possible, I've had a very busy summer. I have not been able to pay much attention what's going on in F one. I've been trying to at least I've been trying to watch the races and when you have two small children, that's also very difficult because I want to be like laser tunnel visioned on the race and inevitably it's dad can we dad will you dad this? Dad, that which is great. It's a good problem to have. But it makes it challenging to pay close attention to the races. But I would love for you to kind of fill me in on what you see as the big stories of the last few weeks, because I know that our beloved Danny Rick seems to have gotten the boot, although that's not officially the word, but it seems clear that he's gotten the boot from McLaren. And is it Oscar piastre? Is that right? He's in, but there was some debate about that, which I think I need a recap on and then that's about all I'm aware of recently other than Ferrari continuing to Ferrari. So what is your executive recap of the silly season? So the Daniel ricotta thing was like that's been like bubbling for a little while and so let me give you some kind of from the start. So that's the infertile retires. I think we spoke about that already. I think so, yeah. This then triggers Fernando Alonso move into Aston Martin. Alpine then announced that Oscar piastre the reserve driver will be taking the seat. Right, yes, it wasn't even a question. It is, this is happening. Oscar is taking the seat. But Oscar piastre then wakes up because he's in Australia and says,
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"It looked like actually they'd let it slip because they hadn't, they hadn't counted on another team being as bold as Mercedes. So I know it's all if butts and maybes, but I think in terms of an individual performance. Yes, you're totally right in saying that spa is an easier track to overtake it. But it just looked like max was on another level. And Red Bull still provided everything that max needed to do. But as a driving performance, it was still mightily impressive spa. This kind of, I guess, I guess this is why it's so difficult to compare drives because they're always always in F one different variables to consider, but I think in terms of impressiveness, whilst I definitely do see what you are getting at, I think for me, as an individual, if we're talking about Max Verstappen, the racing driver, spa will still be that just that bit more impressive, just because you got to see the magic of max. Because other drivers were still struggling to overtake an AKA you go, well, he's in the fastest car. Blah, blah, blah. But I think that last week spa was similar to Hamilton, Brazil. And I think, whilst I maybe wouldn't say that Brazil was his best Hamilton's best race. I think we're still yet to see Max Verstappen is absolute best, which is probably a terrifying thought, I think he's going to be faced with more challenges where we will see more Hamilton esque. Comebacks. Which I'm really excited for. But yeah, for me, I think spa tips it for me as a driving performance. Yeah, it's terrifying, isn't it? With any like, you know, when it's football manager or whatever strategy you get, you assemble the best components, don't you? And at the minute it's difficult to look past Verstappen as the driver operating at his peak at the minute and the RBA RB 18 being the best car out there and then Red Bull's operations being as slickest of the lot. So you put those and that's quite the sort of three pronged attack. Luke, JBL, what did you rate of Verstappen's performance? And I'm looking at the time now and I need to wind down. I'm starting to feel guilty because we barely touched on any of the midfield, so are there any unsung heroes from the race that we need to shout about because I, as your host, have failed to do so. Honestly, Matt Q how do you sleep at night? In a racing car bed with my wife. Target, it was either that or he's going to be the radio. Is it really a wolf castle? And he's like, oh, top of a big pile of money. Lots of beautiful things. That's it. That's it. Yeah, but quite similar to say wolf in a voice actually, isn't it? Anyway, we've got very sidetracked there. Fernando Alonso, he's a driver who we spoke about the Fernando Alonso tax before and how some of his performances could maybe be over egged a little bit, but no, he was brilliant, I thought we saw in qualifying, it was a difficult day for Alpine and he dropped out in Q two, but he fought his way back up the order well. He was one of the first drivers on the move picking off both the avatars. And then yeah, that's which to the hard tyre, it was a really, really good decision by Alpine and then he bolted on a set of softs later on. There would go for a real sprint to the finish, and then he said when he saw the safety car he was like, oh no, because everyone else was doing the same thing, but I think it's come away with 6th place. I think it's a really good performance for him as a pretty close battle with Norris as well. But no, I thought I did a really good job today. Esteban ocon as well getting up into the points. He regretted that he wasn't his pace in the first he didn't get as much out of it as he would have liked, but he otherwise he reckons he could have been up there with Fernando as well. And I would also like to give a rare but welcome, shout out to Lance stroll as well because to BP ten, I thought was a really good job for him. And he was actually a bit disappointed because he thought that yeah, Aston Martin had more pace this weekend, but things, the late stage car game worked to get some little bit in qualifying. There was an issue in Q three, the men who couldn't get out. So yeah, all three of those drivers get up into the points. I think I've done a really good job today. I guess Luke has left me with shout outs for those who didn't have such a good weekend. Outfits are already out a bit of a miserable weekend and it's night and day over last season, isn't it? The car in 2021 seems so good. Pierre gasly was basically had P 6 on lockdown every qualifying session and now they're struggling to get out of Q one. It's not consistent. No points for the team. They're on, I think, 29 points. And I think Aston Martins on 25, where given their relative positions at the start of the season, that's really not particularly good. As Luke said, Lance stroll did have a very good day. And possibly could have had more, had qualifying gone to plan.
Strong Opinion Sports
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Strong Opinion Sports
"Now how about Alpine? Alpine is tied with McLaren 31 points and if they can finish fourth ahead of McLaren, that would be a huge victory for them. Also, they're pairing of Fernando Alonso and Esteban ocon. It's going really well. They're both competitive. They're both scoring points. I'm enjoying it. Fernando Alonso is going to be 41 at the end of July. I don't know how much longer he plans to keep racing, but he's not really slowing down. And he is still competitive. And I'm here for it, man. I love love, love watching Fernando Alonso race. And he's a tough old school guy that's hard to pass. He'll yell at you. But again, I think it's fun to watch. And Fernando Alonso asked him about them. They're a great pairing right now. Our French driver driving for a French team with arkon. Fernando Alonso seems to be the driving force. They're kind of like Tom Cruise was with Top Gun: Maverick, like nothing goes on under that his approval. And I love it. Okay, Alfa Romeo, there are 6 right now in Formula One with 51 points. I find out for a male just kind of boring. They're in the middle, they got a rookie Joe grand you who is finding his way in Formula One foundry botos was actually impressed me. He took a big step down going from a Mercedes car to an Alfa Romeo car. And yet he still competitive. He actually had a couple of good finishes, 5th in Italy. 7th in Miami 6th in Spain, Alfa Romeo, they're a bit boring, but they are a decent team. Now Hass is 7th right now in Formula One with 34 points and man Haas has been entertaining to watch. They've been bad for so long and to see them get points and do well is pretty cool. And you know, Kevin Magnussen has been competitive, makes Schumacher. By the way, Kevin Magnussen wasn't even supposed to drive this year, then Russia invades Ukraine and mesa spin to keep a maze that's been mazepin really loses his spot and they bring in at the last minute Kevin Magnussen and he's done way better than mazepin could have done and very surprising.
Box of Neutrals
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"You're right. You know why it is. What Bill? It's really it's dog eat dog world out there. One Australian app for another, especially when Daniel Ricciardo is under contract. That's pretty big. Yes, I would say though. With respect to this rumor, I don't believe it. For a couple of reasons. Yes. One. Well, yes. One is Daniel out of contract. May of course, Jack brown has talked about all McLaren or Daniel kahneman, I break the contract. True, it's possible. But second, Alpine, I can't imagine McLaren taking a loan driver, right? First of all, they can not imagine loan driver going back. McLaren is above that. Well, they would believe so anyway. Two, I would not believe Alpine leading Oscar piastre officers. Moving it off. No way. And then even if any of those things weren't true, why would Alpine give its biggest rival in the constructor standings? He's like the hot shit. Putting him as a reserve driver at McLaren. Exactly, exactly. Which is already weed to begin with. Yes. So I can not imagine this rumor being true. I can't like if it happens. And I know Formula One does often defy all logic, but it would defy all logic. What would be easier, sending Oscar PS3 to your main rival McLaren or farming or breaking your contract with either Fernando Alonso or Esteban ocon. How do you feel about a sense of how? Good things about them. Good things I couldn't start a great card. Perfectly over there. The pine eyes are great. Yeah. Ferrari engine goes well. Better than this piece of shit. Let's be honest. It's pretty far fetched, but I've certainly heard worse, but I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility. I could say it happening. Okay, absolutely say that conversation occurring. But. Yeah. Exactly. But you're exactly right. Why would Alpine who let's face it? Don't have much else going for him. Yeah, Fernando is great. It's the band's good. I've had a Grand Prix win. Last year. But Oscar Pietro is your future. So you need to somehow make that work. By happens by chance that Fernando Alonso is probably being selfish. He's not he's having his best ever season. Oh, exactly. He's deprived of 80 points. He needs to race for another ten seasons to make up for that deficit for 40s owed. So it's a tricky spot for Al-Qaeda and it's what I don't envy them in. But I tell you what, in terms of a driver, it drives a stock. Has never been so high for someone who has driven who hasn't raced in anger since last year. Someone who has been rumored to go to McLaren is a reserve driver at one, is not competed in a practice session yet, who the team keeps delaying the practice prize when they have to do it. You could say. He's not racing in anything. It's quite a remarkable, which is a great thing. It goes to show you how hard the Oscars obviously write it and how much anything would be like, you're giving away Oscar pierce you for free, of course. We take it. It somehow would be very on brand real pain to have wasted all this time and money on Oscar pierce. So I wanted to keep track on, but I kind of imagined, regardless of whether you think Daniel Cobb is going to be here or not next year. I just can't imagine Oscar being the one who goes there. But on the other hand, who would go to McLaren, that's the other big question. I know we talked about this a couple of weeks ago, but appear gasly's recommitted to AlphaTauri for next year was already under contract, but he sort of said he will be there. So it's difficult to imagine who would end up there. I've got one for you. Here we go. Here we go. Rob sir drama season. He's raring
Box of Neutrals
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"It could be worse, Michael, because you could be out of a possible 511th. Participants, I was 428. Oh no. Yeah. Did you have Nikita Mazepin in your tank? Possibly. Probably you had Zach Brown. I had probably make sure who did I have. I don't think I've changed my mind in a little bit, 'cause I thought it was mine was a lucky, consistent team. I felt confident. But you know, there are people who tipped better than me and are better. So who do I have? I had say this is what's confusing. So I've got Ferrari in my thing, yeah. So that's okay. Pierre gasly. Fernando Alonso. Lando Norris. Surgery Perry's. That's very boss ass. Oh yeah, exactly. So how have I and how are there 427 others? That have just asked, I don't think that was a bad team. So much time, I'm not going to even go there. I'm not going to even change it, such as the team or confident with. Well, let me tell you what doctor Marco's dad Jane's house just for reference. He's team was Ferrari, same game. He's turbo driver was Carlos Sainz. That's good. Alex Albon. He didn't score points. Crash? No, I'm not very good. Sebastian Vettel, he scored some point. Why has he got points in this game? He didn't do that well. This is rigged. This is mega driver though as Max Verstappen. So he's got a lot of bonus points. In fact, all the top the top 6 this week all use the mega driver, which gets you triple points, I think, off the top of my head. Okay. So there you go. Overall, I'm currently ranked 354 out of 511, which means we are 182 short of the magic number. So get joining. And we'll check back next week on film in the beginning. Neutral. Couple more things to touch on before we wrap this one up. One is Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton on Friday was.
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"We'll mean that the Ferrari gets ahead. So he's realistic about these things. And that doesn't take away from what fantastic job Alonso's done. All weekend, and he was sort of, he also benefited from the sort of run plan he ended on the timings that Alpine worked out because I think in the end Lewis Hamilton, who ends up fourth just regretted he was the first car to state checkered flag. So he missed out on one extra lap of that he trying that little bit more on the track evolution factor. Yeah, because it was very much the only we saw it lap off the lap, just how much time they were gaining, particularly as it dried out. And even making some of them think about that slick switch, you mentioned that George Russell did that with, of course, get onto it. But Fernando Alonso PC on the grid, best result since 2012, I believe in Germany, I think he was on pulp. Fantastic result from him. And he's kind of been all the way through the wet sessions that he's always been updated to very well in P three as well was fastest there. We talk about L plan and everything and all of that, but was this was this sort of a sign of the older one so I guess just what he's still got and what he's capable of doing two time world champion obviously one of the greats of the sport, really rolling back the years. I'm not sure I put it to him that way because as we know he tends to give such things short shrift. Basically he was saying, you know, getting a lot of questions in the press conference people sort of trying to hope that he would say such thing, but he's too widely a campaigner to do that. And he was like, look, you know, second on the grid one, it doesn't matter because there's no points. And two, I know what I'm capable of, so it doesn't matter to me that I'm back on the front row, because I think in his mind, obviously, he's probably almost certainly sort of really alluding to this if he's in the Red Bull. He knows he's on pole position. It's always the car, isn't it? And that is true to a certain extent. But yeah, also, you mentioned topping FP three and quick in the wet. He was not been out of the top 5. All weekend, he was even in the dry, 5th in FP two, third in FP one. So yeah, he's really enjoying things out there. Basically, what he's saying is that Alpine just nailed it set up choices. It worked on its tire degradation that hopefully means can help him in the race, which we're expecting to be dry as I said tomorrow. And then also with Alonso, I think this is where you do get the sort of the wily saying things in the media point making Alonso. In press conference he was basically saying that I've been racing here for 1617 years. And that means that that made a difference. Is that experience? And now we're going to doubt him here. Of course, you know, you've got experience in anything. You're going to be better at it, but he's like, yeah, a lot of the drivers, the rest of the rival rivals, some of them never raced there before. A lot of them only a few times. So yeah, just interesting to see how we operate, but at the same time, just what fantastic result. Really, really good result for Fernando Alonso and Alpine. I think definitely one of the biggest surprises of qualifying. Another surprise, as we've touched on came the end and session when George Russell went to hell with it, I'm going to go for slicks. Your thoughts when you saw that happen? Genius or was it pretty clear that it was going to backfire? Bold cool, bold. It's a bold strategy card. Let's see how it works for him. We know what we know. It works for him. It did not work for him. And basically, yeah, I admired the optimism. And I think Georgie sort of said it afterwards. He thought back to what happened in Russia, where he was third there. And basically, if you get on the slicks early enough and you can get the heat, build the heat, and it's lap after lap. It wasn't necessarily that first lap that he ended up spinning off on. There was no even he would have said there's no chance I'm getting published in there. It's that last one right at the checkered flag. That's where it really could have come down for him. But as you and I know, Luke, because we ran the track last night, turns one and turned to just take forever to drain. It's crazy. I was really surprised, like they pull so much water. It's insane. It was really deep, but I wasn't. I wasn't risking getting my socks even wetter than they already were in the brain that was still falling as we ran around. Last night I won, by the way. I knew you were going to mention that. I was on the premise of I might do a second lap, so I was saving my pace. So we weren't actually racing, which is to compare times at the end. No, no, we're racing. Well, we didn't set up in the grid together. We've gone back to Russell we go back to what was basically that was what did you look at the replays? He's steering around those puddles at turn one and turned to, but when it all goes off, he's just too offline. The whole area is quite saturated, still very still very wet, but I said in the press conference that the whole of sector one basically was still too wet and that's why for him he said it was never on to go to slicks. So yeah, bold from Russell, but just I just think he has to be slightly too ambitious, but nevertheless, I think he's kind of right. Mercedes, just qualifying third or fourth matter for them when they're so used to winning probably not but equally there's an argument that maybe he could have been second and alongside this happens tomorrow and that would have been what a great what a great little stat what a great result to go into this amazing startup that he's had to life at Mercedes, okay, yeah, there's been no wins, but he's still leading Lewis Hamilton at a time that's very difficult for the team. So credit to Russell. Say yeah, we didn't throw anything away, but we did kind of throw something away. But nevertheless, I don't think even the team is that particularly we love the fact you made the call. Fair play on him. We back our driver, that sort of thing. So yeah, it could have been very heroic, had it come off. You mentioned Hamilton there, actually quite a almost a rare victory over George Russell's day, but it felt like he was people in a very good mood..
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"Well, as we know, all eyes will be on tomorrow. Tomorrow is what usually counts, although there is rain predicted on Sunday, so we could see a bit of a mixed up race. If you were listening to the Sunday Night podcast after the Spanish Grand Prix, you might have heard Luke and I, having a bit of a discussion about Monaco, I am have not historically been a fan of racing here. I think I've described it as almost like a messy divorce between Monaco and Formula One in that Formula One has gone in a direction that's different from what's needed to have good racing around here. Now, I went trackside for the very first time and I can definitely say unquestionably, I have never witnessed Formula One, like it. It will be moments that stick with me for sure, but what I'm always concerned about is it's all well and good at saying that. We get amazing access. The experiences that you don't get at home and isn't translated at home and I know that the TV broadcast is something that is criticized a lot around monetary because it's a different company that usually takes over it's a local monegasque company that is running the world feed this weekend. So I do want good racing. I want it to be a really, really good weekend. Not just because I'm here and I would like to experience it for myself. But Luke, what are you expecting from tomorrow? The arguably the most important day in Monaco. Most important day in Monaco, but I think also one of the most exciting days of the entire Formula One season. I think that when you hook a lap up in Monaco, I say it's like I know this, but I don't. It's the drivers of who I've spoken to. They all say that when you hook up a lap in Monaco, it really is unlike anything else. It's an amazing exhilarating experience, gasly said that he can sometimes do an absolutely perfect lap, and it only be good enough for 5th or 6th. So he said, if it's the fight for pole position, I can't imagine what that buzz is like. Fernando Alonso he said he's had perfect laps here and they've not been his poll app. So it is, I think it's why you see the drivers at the absolute best and peak of their powers in formula, which is very exciting. But as you do, rightly, say, Jess, that does not lend itself to exciting race. I think that's something that we've all come to expect in Formula One over the years. We know that Monaco Sundays and maybe not the highlight of the season. But yeah, who knows a bit of rain could spice things up potentially Pierre gasly he spoke on Thursday said that a bit of rain he just thinks of 1996 when Olivier panis on Felicia, so who knows maybe some drama can strike once again, but yeah, I think that as much as Monaco Sunday may be a bit of a snooze fest, I think Monaco Saturday is one of those must watch spectacles in Formula One. It really is an incredible scene to see the drivers of the absolute limit and going for it around these streets. All right, well I will the jury's out until Sunday. Maybe you're here. Well, you will hear of it because both Luke and I will be on the review podcast on Sunday, but until then, stay tuned, we'll be back tomorrow to give you all the happenings from qualifying around here tomorrow night and until then we'll see you next time..
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"And I'm learning a race in back in 2007, 12 really challenging for the win for the one of the biggest and established the team and established a driver. I think we should be proud with that moment. And if I could do that, was it right equipment with right environment, I will have it next time. So that's why it's thinking. And then after one chicharron, yes, of course I reviewed a million times and then I would do differently. You know, definitely. And then I was just waiting that opportunity, learning, experience, and then just waiting for it. But always try to find the opportunity to come back to the 500. And 5 years later, yes, I had a final lastly at an equal equipment with the one of the top team in Android Osbourne. And then I had a Fernando Alonso teammate and Lion trail Alexander losses and Mark Andrew cheese and so on and so on. How do you as well? It was just great organization. I just believed I could do the job. And I just never stopped to believe in myself for that because of that. You won your two 500s with obviously two different teams, but also two, very different kind of cars, the ugly by the factory Erica in 2017. And then the car in 2020 with you had to learn the aerospace. Dale green, first of all, we initially, when I thought not clicking, this is honest feeling. But you just can't deny with a safety. The driver, especially for the open wheel cockpit, it be threatened for frying deadly all the time. Imagine they search as a two gram of the bolt in 230 mph. It is like a bullet. So it is really important to have I'm sure this is next generation thing. So we have also no option as well. So yes, we have observed it. We accept it, and then we go. If you save. And that's great thing. I think that's a fantastic thing. But the one hand, there is one thing on the driver lost ability is a field the wind. We need some very, very big parts of sense. Let me send the allies. So when he into the corner, your stream less than light is different. It's kind of jet stream, isn't it? Is it generalized? Is your inch away from the helmet? And there there about you can feel it. When you have a single car toe or double cut or triple car to all 15 cars toe, it's all different. And that's not just this come from the steering and the pure tie grid, but also the body feels the wind pressure as well. So that's I lost it. So I think initially I felt this is a very important part. And I was just kind of losing it. But for example, sports car program or other, the GTs and all the stuff also they don't have that sense either. So there must be the way you can redirect your feeling to connect reconnect with what you need for the driving the car fast. And then I assume just to be able to adopt it. But still some little missing part is just the airstream. And today I'm getting used to, but I still missing that one. I think that's for me, it was important. Nowadays, probably even I say important but just there's no way to come back. But I think the idea of school needs a great thing for the safety and you just have to live with it in how you go faster. Last word before we let you go Charles, anything you want to finish off with and ask to come up? I just wonder what the style of racing is going to be like and this Memorial Day. We're going to see a race where you're going to be able to make some moves, get some good runs with this car or you expecting maybe the racing might be a bit more follow my leader and the strategy might be the biggest part of the road. It's tough to say, strategy is one thing. But as I said, I think it's 500 miles race. Anybody could strategize. It is no point because by halfway through the yellow, it's all your strategy with Lumin. But maybe the last two distinct perhaps you can do a little crever things, but I believe still believe that unless unless it's a green truck condition, you will see it really tight bottle. Like last year, Alex and a Helio shoulder. And so did every single year. It is extremely difficult to overtake compared to in the past, but still you can't overtake. And particularly the first two guys be able to slap the position, relatively easy. So I believe in a white fluff issue you're leading the race. It's not guaranteed for the win either. So watch out the wind direction. And then watch out who you are racing, but you will have extremely exciting rest for sure. Right on, sounds like a exciting as 2012. Hopefully with a better outcome for you. Thank you. Well look, guys, thank you very much for joining us on the podcast today. First of our preview episodes and fascinating to start to get into what I think for many of our European listeners as well that are maybe used to a shorter format of a racing weekend or even a one day event just to start to the excitement that builds around this event and how it's much more than just a couple of days. Well, that's our first show done and in the books. Thank you very much for listening and make sure you tune in for the next one..
The Autosport Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"Much of a difference, I don't think. I'm not sure it's going to make a huge difference. I mean, it was in the rules for 2021, but it made next to no difference because of the token system and teams thinking where we need to focus on next year. We actually we're not going to spend any time putting these current cars in the wind tunnels. The ones that we built first in 2020. So this year we'll probably be the first test of performance balancing in F one development, which is one along with these kind of standardized components. That's been going on for a while. I mean, McLaren supplied the electronics for a long time didn't they to every team. But it's a creeped further in that direction. Single make stuff in Formula One. That will be unpalatable to a lot of fans. This idea that you balance performance by allowing some teams more wind tunnel CFD time than others is a little bit uncomfortable. But will it make a huge difference? Alonso's said many times before he came back to F one with Alpine that you're kind of stuck once you've designed your car, built your car and you hit the hit the track, your concepts are kind of defined. And yeah, you can do a bit of in season development that you can try this and you can try that. But all the time you're trying to work out what went wrong, you're shipping time and points to your rivals. So at a certain point, everyone has to decide whether actually it's worth continuing continuing to go down that rabbit hole or whether you just have to look at next year and go, we completely messed this one and we write that one off and performance balancing the aero development through the season won't really affect those kind of decisions. It's like you've really got to hit the ground running in Formula One. And it's been the case for a while that wind tunnel time and CFD has been very restricted. You haven't had this idea that someone's allowed more than someone else based on their results. But the teams have been having to do quite a lot with less for a while. So I think a lot of them will be quite geared up and in tune with this way of operating anyway. So I don't see it making a huge difference. Okay, final couple of minutes of the podcast, Ben will stay with you as our our residents driver. Let's talk about the drivers. Let's talk about the drivers and who you think might be able to adapt to these new regulations, of course, in the run into the title, Lewis Hamilton was talking about how he was doing a bit of simulation time, which is rare for him as part of that that final duel with max. And of course, it's a reminder that some drivers spend a lot of time in the Sims and obviously Lewis chooses not to doesn't feel like he needs to. But in terms of how you think maybe the grid might shake out with the tussles, maybe at the top with max and Lewis, of course, he got George Russell joining him as a teammate dynamic. What do you think about some of the drivers? Oh, and finally Fernando Alonso, saying that experience counts, you know, with Kimi retiring the effective father of the House. I would call him to steal something from politics, will give him the de facto advantage. What do you think of all that? Well, I think it's a big year for Alonso, because this is the reason he came back. You know, he got fed up with Formula One being sown equitable and Mercedes being so dominant, no one being able to catch them and obviously it was slightly conceded, but it did happen last year to Alonso's mind. This is former ones more level playing field, so he will be hoping that this has a tangible, real impact on the competitive order pretty much from the get go because you mentioned he's the father of the House, time is short, so he knows he's going to win that third world championship. He needs to do it sooner rather than later. So big year for him, there's been different impressions from the drivers obviously some who many of whom have tried, you know, simulations of the new cars. But some have said, well, the cars will be so different by the time you actually hit the track, is there any value in that probably not Lewis the SE spent time in the sim towards the end of last year, but that was very specifically because he was in a title fight Mercedes didn't really understand how to unlock the secrets of the W 12 and they needed his help basically to get the setup right so that he could try and win the championship and he very nearly did. So I think his view on simulators will remain. He'll try to stay out of it as much as he can. Everyone would like to get a little impression, but they kind of know, don't they? The idea is to kind of take away some of the takeaway some of the down force. And the biggest thing for the drivers is the following aspect, which we talked about at the top of the show. You know, the big thing is how much closer can you follow another car when you're behind it and through what types of corners and you won't know that on your sim because you're on your sim, you run around on your own. With only your engineering team behind you talking to you in your ear and trying to work out what they're doing with their own car. So until we hit the track in testing and you can actually be going to Barcelona because that's a track that traditionally for donkeys years has been impossible to follow closely around. So if we suddenly see cars overtaking in random parts of the circuit, then we'll know that F one has hit spot and we're in for a glorious new era. Here's hoping, JBL, we are sending you on the formulary trail this year as well. So does that allow you to get to Barcelona for first test and you're looking forward to it? Of course, yeah, there's a nice convenient gap for me to drop into. So hopefully everything will be fine. Hopefully I'll be there on the ground to watching all of the cars go round as I always do and of course I will also be on hand to cook my famous testing chili. I say famous, I made it twice. And it was excellent. It was very good. I can't confirm. All right, well, we look forward to that in the Airbnb and we look forward to your reports and the live chat and everything that comes with testing as well. Goodness, a month away. And we'll be in the middle of it. That's brilliant. Guys, thank you very much for joining us today we'd love to know what you think about F one 2022. 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Strong Opinion Sports
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Strong Opinion Sports
"Then what's going to happen is that max will win because he has more race wins, even though they're tied with points. And imagine if someone at the back of the pack, let's say, Antonio giovanna is like, I'm so sick and tired of loose dominating Formula One he just goes on a as soon as I had mission to cause a crash for Lewis Hamilton. Something like that, that would be really interesting and I don't know funny's right word, but it's definitely interesting. I don't know if that'll happen, but Bottas is third right now in Formula One with 218 points. He is actually, I think secured third because in fourth place he got Sergio Pérez with a 190 points, that's 28 points behind. You can't score 28 points in a single race, even if I think it must mean that Sergio Pérez is secured for a race Valtteri Botox is secured in third in Formula One. In the constructor standings you have Mercedes with 587.5 points Red Bull has 559.5 points. The DNF for Sergio Pérez in Saudi Arabia basically handed Mercedes first place, it would take a miracle now for Red Bull to catch up and beat Mercedes. And third place, a similar situation you have Ferrari with 307 points. McLaren, who is battled with them all year is so far behind now they have 269 points. It would be a miracle. It would be like, hey, both McLaren drivers get first and second Ferrari doesn't finish for McLaren to somehow pass Ferrari. And even then, I don't even know, is that mathematically possible? Probably. Yeah, because you have 25 plus. I still don't think I could even happen. So I think Ferrari has secured third Alpine has a 149 points in fourth and 5th place excuse me. Dave pulled away from alpha tower. Remember a couple races ago, alpha tower and Alpine were tied. And with estrogen outcome doing so well recently and Fernando Alonso getting a podium estimate, icon got fourth in Saudi Arabia, and alpha is now 29 points behind Alpine. So good for Alpine. They have secured 5th place in Formula One. I'm really pumped for Abu Dhabi..
Strong Opinion Sports
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Strong Opinion Sports
"And Lewis just took as long as he could possibly want to meandering slowly waiting till he pulled up and forcing max sit there on the starting grid and max has done a legal stuff like the way he passed through his Hamilton a couple of times. He even throughout the year, he's just cutting Lewis off completely on turns. The reality is that both Macs and Lewis are completely miserable to compete against. They will go to the stewards, they will make contact with each other and they're actually very, very similar, which is why I think this is so intense. If they were racing other people who maybe weren't as bull headed, but I think some of the most intense and competitive and bull headed drivers were they will do anything to win. They don't care. You got Lewis Hamilton. I think Fernando Alonso is that kind of guy and Max Verstappen. And now we got two of those guys against each other. It's gonna be the way this ends this year, it's going to be really intense and it's because they're very similar. No one's talking about that. They do. If you're a Lewis fan or a max fan, you go, all the other one is terrible and wrong and complains or does this or just add it? No, the reality is they all do whatever it takes. And they're similar, which is why it's been so intense as a year has gone on. Now, the margins are razor thin. It's been nail biting to watch because neither driver can afford a mistake or afford of anything go wrong a gearbox issue here or maybe a puncture there or you run widen to the wall. I mean, it's crazy how razor then the margins are at the end of this year. And there is a moment where max passed Lewis and it was illegal, so he had to actually give the place back to Lewis. And then max slows down to let him pass and Lewis rear ends him. And you're like, oh, no. And there are two sides. All right, Louis will tell you that max is being dirty and it's bad racing. Max will tell you so Lewis will say it's dirty driving max will say, I was just slowing down to let him have the position. Of course, you'll say it is innocent as humanly possible to get anybody on his side. Now, max actually got blamed for the collision, the FIA gave him a ten second time penalty after Saudi Arabia now. It didn't actually impact any of the race. It's a trivial move. So Lewis still won max still got second. But I thought that what really was happening there was they were trying to appease Mercedes and shut Lewis Hamilton up who was complaining a lot, talking about dirty driving consistent set. And I thought really what happened to us and it's kind of comical to blame max, although again it didn't matter, so it impacted anything, so who cares? But I thought it would happen from watching was that the FIA had poor communication between Michael Massey the race director and the two teams, they told max to slow down and give the place back and he did. They just hadn't yet told Louis what max was going to do..
Strong Opinion Sports
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Strong Opinion Sports
"He went from 20th last to 5th, and then after that, he still got another penalty. He got 5 more. I got a 5 more place grid penalty. So during the race, Louis started intent and still won. It was incredible driving. Yes, he has an amazing car. Everyone's gonna say, well, it's the car not Lewis and I don't know. I don't like I get it a little bit like I feel bad Fernando Alonso is talking about how it's hard to compete against a guy because his car is so much better than me. And I get that. I feel bad for Fernando Alonso's driving and Alpine. I would love to see what Fernando Alonso could do. And in Mercedes. But what happened last weekend for Lewis Hamilton in Brazil required even more than a great car. It was incredible driving. I mean, Louis was like a shark, just hunting down over take after overtaken it. We need like a mash up of the jaws music in the Formula One theme like done it. Done it, done it, done it. Take it out. I really want that somehow because I just every time I see Louis hunting down, he's just on the prowl man. It's so cool to watch him do stuff like this where he has overtake after overtake after overtake. And one thing that really did help Lewis Hamilton early on was a safety car that brought the pack together. He got a good start, got up up in the field a little bit. And then Yuki sonoda crashed into land stroll. Yuki cenote was way too aggressive, taking the inside on a turn that really wasn't his. By the way, there were two DNFs in this race land stroll did not finish neither did Daniel Ricciardo. But when the safety car happened because of Yuki sonoda, max was way out in front, had a big gap and was way in the lead. And the safety car slowed him down and now would Lewis have still passed max mini.
Formula 1 Grid Talk Podcast
"fernando alonso" Discussed on Formula 1 Grid Talk Podcast
"In FP three. I remember seeing them on them. No, so they're going to want to fresh set for tomorrow. They might go medium medium hard. Well, as it turns out, you have absolutely nothing to worry about, because such a press goes. Sorry. For all the accurate branding that they've put on that Red Bull it also still says Honda on the back of it. Yeah, there's probably like some contractual. Yeah, the power unit deal. Yeah. But Honda and Acura are basically the same company as far as possible. Yeah, yeah, it's just home accuracy, American armor, effectively, I believe. Yeah, that's why accurate or the car this weekend. Yeah. It's like opal and Vauxhall. And then Holden in Australia. You've got GM and Ford as well. Yeah. So we haven't seen for stop and return to the track as our mentioned, neither Mercedes have come out onto the track Charlotte Clare, also in fourth, has also decided to remain in the pit lane. We're currently seeing Daniel Ricciardo in his lap. Not put one on the board. He's on the medium. He's got a minute left. Lando Norris who is not a small margin, either. That's .3 of a second. That's pretty much. I'd say Ricardo because you'll need to do a cooldown lap. This is the for me. I don't think he's going to make it through. Unless maybe he was just you know, it could be to be honest that watching it through the first sector, because the final sector is where you need to start faster than sonoda, who is sat in tenth in the middle sector. And they can only put his card 9th he saw them in Q one. That is that's a shock. Over Nazi who was in the danger zone, he can't go faster, Fernando Alonso here, what is he going to put his? I've just seen him put his green second executive, but it's 8 seconds off. Yeah, because he was 30 and a half seconds off. So he's he's not pushing. I think he's just gone up for a bit of a stroll here. Ofcom managed to push himself into the top ten, but Yuki sonoda has taken that place back, but we still got to see Vettel and Russell, who both have penalties on be surprised if they even they'll just be trying to get ahead of Fernando Alonso here. Which won't be difficult oxygen, his time was basically a cruise lap. Squeaky bum time for Danny Rick. And Louis, whoever's ahead of me, please don't spoil that. I'm not spoiling it. I'm still worried about that. So. Russell's probably not going to time is.