Alonso almost, Pérez everything in Baku – Rip it off, for God’s sake!

It is true that Baku has deprived us of a new podium of Fernando Alonso, but he has allowed us to see what form the Asturian pilot is in. Much of what happened on Sunday must be explained by looking at and analyzing Friday’s classification where the Aston Martin they had problems with it DRS and only Fernando could be sixth and Lance Stroll, his partner, ninth.

He Saturdayduring the sprint race, the teams and the drivers, after hardly having training to test the tires, realized that, like a good urban layout, overtaking would be rareonly the finish straight gave any option and that the tires hardly suffered degradation.

This is how Sunday arrived and despite the spectators’ expectations of seeing a battle and overtaking, the teams and drivers knew it would be a very strategic race of much control in the degradation of the gums. Whoever kept them more, the more opportunities they would have to advance on the track. A mentality that breaks, that destroys the true philosophy of racing, where the maximum of the driver-car pairing is expected in every second of the grand prix.

Only the safety car that came out as a result of the start of the car from DeVries it made something change, even if it was little. Hamilton y Verstappen, who had changed before, penalized losing position, the first to Alonso and Sainz and the second to their teammate Checo Pérez. Shortly after, Alonso managed to carve out an almost impossible gap to gain the position from Carlos Sainz and Hamilton would realize Strollbut little else.

Undoubtedly the best of the grand prix, the solidity of Checo Pérez who held off a Verstappen who pushed to the end but without success, the Mexican getting not only the 25 points of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix but also victory in the sprint race on Saturday.

I also prefer Alonso’s mentality, his solidity and ability to study the opponent, his tires, his times to launch attacks at the right moment with the least possible risk. He did it with Hamilton, forcing the Englishman to make the first stop in the box and put in trouble, although for a few meters, Charles Leclerc who finally managed to cross the finish line in the best Monegasque grand prix so far in the World Cup, being third.

The worst of the Grand Prix, the extreme durability of the tires. It is not normal for tires to last almost the entire Grand Prix without penalizing the speed or performance of the drivers. Both Occon and Hulkenberg lasted almost the entire race with the same tires and without major consequences.

As a conclusion we can say that the Red Bull they only have themselves as rivals and that Ferrari, Aston Martin y Mercedes The rest will be shared.