The star of Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso has left empty-handed in four Grands Prix competitions. The 2005 and 2006 Formula 1 champion says: “In Qatar and Abu Dhabi, every point for us is like pure gold.”
Aston Martin will finish the 2024 Constructors’ Cup in fifth place. This is disappointing, because after a very strong first part of the 2023 season, the Greens hoped to make life difficult for Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and Mercedes, who are used to winning, this season.
Instead, McLaren has improved and is on the verge of taking its first victory in the manufacturers’ championship since 1998. Aston Martin, on the other hand, will be without a podium finish in 2024.
Even the seemingly eternally young Fernando Alonso (43) managed only fifth place (in the second race of the season, in Saudi Arabia) in the last four Grand Prix, the 32-time GP winner failed to score once – the position of 13); in Texas, defeat in Mexico, 14th place in Brazil, 11th place in Las Vegas.
The Spaniard says: “In Qatar and Abu Dhabi, every point for us is like pure gold. It’s not really about much, but it’s very important that I can give something back to our team after all the difficulties of the last few weeks.”
The player who finished ninth in the World Cup said in Qatar: “Not everything was negative in Las Vegas. We had a solid strategy from 16th place, race pace was better than qualifying, pit stops were very fast. If we can start a little further, then it will have points.
Las Vegas-GP, USA
01. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, 1:22:05,969 h
02. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +7,313 sec
03. Carlos Sainz (L), Ferrari, +11,906
04. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +14,283
05. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, +16,582
06. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +43.385
07. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +51.365
08. Nico Hulkenberg (D), Haas, +59.808
09. Yuki Tsunoda (J), Racing Bull, +1:02,808 minutes
10. Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +1:03,114
11. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +1:09.195
12. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1:09.803
13. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Sauber, +1:14,085
14. Franco Colapinto (RA), Williams, +1:15.172
15. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +1:24,102
16. Liam Lawson (NZ), Racing Bulls, +1:31,005
17. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +19,477, +1 Runde
18. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Sauber, +1 Runde
outside
Alex Albon (T), Williams, engine failure
Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, engine fire
World Championship Standings (after 22 out of 24 Grands Prix and 5 out of 6 Sprints)
the driver
01. Verstappen 403 points
02. Norris 340
03. Leclerc 319
04. Plate 268
05. Sainz 259
06. Russell 217
07. Hamilton 208
08. Perez 152
09. Alonso 62
10. Hulkenberg 35
11. Tsunoda 30
12. Gas 26
13. Walk 24
14. Ocon 23
15. Magnussen 14
16. Albon 12
17. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 12
18. Oliver Bearman (GB) 7
19. Colapinto 5
20. Lawson 4
21. Zhou 0
22. Logan Sargeant (USA) 0
23. Bota 0
Builders Cup
01. McLaren 608 points
02. Ferrari 584
03. Red Bull 555 Racing
04. Mercedes 425
05. Aston Martin 86
06. Haas 50
07. Alpine 49
08. Racing Bull 46
09. Williams 17
10. Sauber 0
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