Fernando Alonso had to leave for the second consecutive race after another reliability problem for his team. This time he has not bitten his tongue
Checo Pérez won the Grand Prix of Singaporeleaving an atypical image. Where the hell was Max Verstappen? The Dutchman, for once, did not manage to complete an impossible comeback as he did in Belgium and Hungary, finishing in a discreet seventh place. His world title celebration is postponed to the Japanese Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver was in close combat with Fernando Alonso when the Asturian left his Alpine again with an engine failure. The Spaniard was totally sunk because he was in real conditions to be able to opt for the podium for the first time all season.
“It is unacceptable. is one of my best years drivingThe positive and the most important thing about this 2022 has been to return to my best level, so I am sure that the good things will come soon,” Fernando Alonso said on his Instagram account after the race.
The fact is that the Asturian could have 120 points in this World Cup and only accumulates 59 being seven below his teammate Esteban Ocon. The performance of both this season has been very different with Alonso almost always prevailing in practice, but then in the race the Alpine has failed.
Every cloud has a silver lining
Fernando bitterly celebrated his 350th race in Formula 1 and everyone is wondering how far he is going to set the bar as the driver with the most races in the history of the paddock. Alonso, after three years with Aston Martin, could reach 425, this being an unbeatable record.
The challenge that good Fernando has is to recover the fourth position in the Constructors’ World Championship that Alpine has lost and that has fallen into the hands of McLaren. In fact, the two retirements of the French team favored an Aston Martin team in that classification that went from ninth to seventh place. That, translated into the language of F1, is more resources for next year.
The Spaniard is already thinking about the next race in Japan, a place that could also see Max Verstappen become two-time world champion. The Dutchman has a totally disproportionate advantage over a Charles Leclerc to whom he takes 104 points. He could go on vacation, which would probably still win the World Cup.
Carlos Sainz finished third in Singapore and is still quietly waiting for his moment to try a runner-up that is 35 points away. The man from Madrid has accumulated eight podiums this season, showing that his regularity is his great asset in the face of the Ferrari bosses.