Alonso is “happy, despite the problems” after his fourth place

“I think we had a difficult weekend, with the drs problems Friday and Saturday; but, despite all this, we finished just one second off the podium when we reached the checkered flag”, commented the double world champion from Asturias, who, after finishing third in the first three races of the year -in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia-, his first three with Aston Martin; and with fourth place this Sunday he established himself in the third place in the World Cup. Place that he occupies with 60 points, 33 less than the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who leads with a six advantage over his teammate the Mexican Sergio Perezwinner this Sunday in Baku.

“With that in mind, I have to be happy with fourth place and with our overall performance, which was encouraging throughout the race,” Alonso stated, in a second youth at 41 years of age.

“Fortunately, this Sunday the DRS seemed to work well; and our tire management was powerful”, commented the great Asturian driver, who has 32 wins -the first almost twenty years ago; and the last one up to now, almost ten-and 101 podiums in the premier class.

“I thought the tailwind was pretty random and here in Baku you are always on the limit. We only have to wait a few days to race again so we’ll see what we can do.” next week in Miami”Alonso added this Sunday in the Azerbaijani capital after signing another sensational performance with his Aston Martin, which confirmed his second place in the Constructors’ World Championship, in which he has 87 points, 93 less than the dominant Red Bull.