Fernando Alonso had a “unexpected enemy” at the beginning of Bahrain GP. The Asturian, released in front of the two mercedes at Sakhir he had a good start but at turn 4 he found what he least expected to find. Yeah, met Lance Stroll.
The Canadian, who was eighth when the light went out, He went into attack mode when he shouldn’t. Because it was far, far away from everything and everyone when it happened and not exactly a little at a key moment for Alonso.
because Fernando was struggling with the Mercedes. I was also looking in Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari to see if I could fit the Aston Martin there. But no, neither. Because when I was in combat, Stroll came along.
passed He braked very, very late, and hit the right rear tire of Fernando. Alonso’s Aston Martin has lost all traction, and luckily he didn’t suffer more than that.
Because the risk of a prick, or something else, was there. Plus the first, seeing where Stroll touched Fernando. But luckily he was able to continue on the track with no more problems than seeing that the Mercedes were already ahead.
“They hit me at turn 4! It’s not possible!”, He commented on Aston Martin radio without knowing for sure that the one who had touched him was his teammate.
It didn’t take him long to chase the Mercedes, with Russell as the first target he could pass. into turn 13 after some quality manoeuvres.