After the red flag – caused by Mick Schumacher’s fall – Fernando Alonso decided to continue on medium and to finish the race on this compound. The Spaniard was seventh at this point. He decided to drive at a pace much slower than the cars in front of him. Alonso lost three to four seconds per lap against the leaders and also lost a lot of time to his direct predecessor Lando Norris. Alpine confirmed that there was no problem with the A522. Lewis Hamilton ate behind his former teammate. Overtaking someone in Monte Carlo is difficult, even if the speed isn’t high. In the final quarter of an hour, the Spanish alpine skier accelerated again and even set the fastest lap of the race for a short time.
After crossing the finish line, Alonso said Alpine’s calculations for the final stint of the race suggested he should go easy on his medium tyres. This explained its slow speed. “I don’t think the rubber was good enough to do 33 laps,” said the man from Oviedo. “It was a sprint race. We had two options: take the hard tire that we ran at the beginning or continue with the medium ones. We chose the latter, but the lifespan of these tires was less than 33 laps. I didn’t “If I can finish the race. I saved fifteen laps and after understanding that Esteban had a time penalty, I gave it my all for fifteen laps.”
When Alonso learned that Hamilton had driven behind him in frustration, the Alpine driver replied: “It’s not my problem.” According to the two-time world champion, keeping the Mercedes behind was a breeze because overtaking was difficult. So Hamilton admitted it was frustrating to be stuck behind Alonso and added that he was behind Alonso. cruise was formerly. The Spaniard achieved his best result of the F1 season so far with seventh place. Alpine is now one point behind Alfa Romeo (P5) in the constructors’ battle.
