It appeared like the excellent equation for somebody like Fernando Alonso, hungry to indicate that he nonetheless has rather a lot of F1 on his fingers and with nothing to lose, to finish the machado. The eyes had been on the premises George Russell, to which the stands cheered on Friday and who began eighth, however the spectacle of the first sprint race in historical past was placed on by the Spanish.
Alonso began 11th with the Alpine, after being not noted of the remaining Q3 on Friday by simply 0.025 towards Lando Norris and his McLaren. However # 14 determined to trip the smooth tire of Pirelli (crimson) for the 17 laps of the experiment that F1 is conducting at Silverstone.
Together with him, solely Bottas, Ocon and Raikkonen opted for the similar compound, whereas the relaxation rode the center (yellow).
When the visitors lights went out, Alonso threw magic, as in the previous days and as in the spotlight of the loopy Azerbaijan GP a month in the past. Already in the first nook he paired with Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel and it occurred on the outdoors.
Coming to the Three o’clock cease, he additionally obtained rid of the Williams from Russell and at the fourth vertex, he threw himself into the McLaren of Ricciardo to put seventh.
However the feat didn’t finish there and the Spaniard continued pulling aggression and fingers to climb as much as fifth place at the finish of the first lap, forsaking Checo Pérez’s Purple Bull and the different McLaren, Norris’s.
Video of Alonso’s stellar exit at Silverstone
From there, the Spanish was at the mercy of his rivals with the rhythm of the Alpine A521. On lap 6 he needed to give in to a Norris that he got here to complain on the radio of some zigzag of the Asturian to defend himself.
And in the 9, Ricciardo did the similar to relegate him to seventh place, regardless of the incontrovertible fact that Alonso offered his pores and skin very costly, getting him to catch the slipstream and placing him in bother in the final sector earlier than getting into the hatchet.
However the Alpine man defended tooth and nail towards the assault by Vettel and his Aston Martin to retain seventh place and safe a gap on the fourth row of the grid. British GP of this Sunday, July 18. Masterly!
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Gallery: Fernando Alonso’s pictures from the Silverstone weekend
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M, Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M
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Foto de: Charles Coates / Motorsport Pictures
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M, Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Sergio Pérez, Purple Bull Racing RB16B, Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Foto de: Steven Tee / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri AT02
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521
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Foto de: Andy Hone / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Nikita Mazepin, Haas F1, at the press convention
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Nikita Mazepin, Haas F1, at the press convention
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Nikita Mazepin, Haas F1, at the press convention
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Nikita Mazepin, Haas F1, at the press convention
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Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, at the press convention
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Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Lando Norris, McLaren and Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren at the 2022 System 1 automotive launch occasion on the grid by Silverstone
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Foto de: Andy Hone / Motorsport Pictures
Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1, Esteban Ocon, Alpine F1 at the 2022 System 1 automotive launch occasion on the Silverstone grid
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
George Russell, Williams, Nicholas Latifi, Williams and Fernando Alonso, Alpine F1 at the 2022 System 1 automotive launch occasion on the Silverstone grid
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Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
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