Alonso finishes seventh and Sáinz tenth in a British GP dominated by Verstappen


In the sixth consecutive victory and the eighth of the season for the Dutch rider, Fernando Alonso knew methods to defend the 2 positions gained initially to complete seventh

The Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has conquered this Sunday the victory within the Grand Prix of Great Britain, the tenth spherical of the Formula 1 World Championship, whereas the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) have completed tenth and seventh, respectively.

With his sixth consecutive victory and the eighth of the season, the Dutchman takes off even additional within the total Drivers’ Championship, all after an appointment at Silverstone through which two Britons stood on the rostrum: Lando Norris (McLaren) and Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes), which moved up 4 locations to 3rd place.

Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso knew methods to defend the 2 positions gained initially to complete seventh, though in the previous couple of laps he needed to stand up to the stress of the Thai Alexander Albon (Williams) and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who might solely be ninth in a disappointing efficiency of the ‘Scuderia’ automobiles.

Alonso, higher than anticipated

At the tip of the check, Alonso identified that the consequence “is slightly higher” than what his crew anticipated, highlighting that “consequence” over the “rhythm” of his automobile.

“I believe that seventh is slightly higher than we have been, proper? In different phrases, that in the long run the consequence was higher than the rhythm,” Alonso commented, after the Grand Prix on the Silverstone Circuit, earlier than the DAZN microphones. “We have been gradual all weekend, in all periods, and it was no totally different within the race,” summed up the Asturian driver.

Sainz, with out possibility

For his half, Carlos Sainz has said that each he and his crew had “shortly seen” that “the Mercedes and the McLaren have been going quicker” than their automobiles throughout this eleventh spherical of the Formula 1 World Championship.

“Just a little little bit of the whole lot has occurred, proper? At the start of the race I believe it hasn’t gone badly, clearly we shortly noticed that the Mercedes and the McLaren have been quicker than us immediately”, Sainz summed up, after the Grand Prix on the Silverstone circuit, earlier than the DAZN microphones.

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