Fernando Alonso, the podium at the photo finish in Brazil!

Thanks to his legendary resilience and the surprising rebound of Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso snatched an unexpected podium in the lands of Ayrton Senna. In a breathtaking duel, the Iberian resisted Sergio Pérez's charge for 53 thousandths of a second. Offering themselves an 8th podium this season.

Published 06/11/2023 à 18:00

Jeremy Satis

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Fernando Alonso, the podium at the photo finish in Brazil!

An 8th podium for Fernando Alonso in 2023 © Florent Gooden / DPPI

A blink of an eyelash. A snap of the fingers. A blink of the eyelids. This is what a racing race is sometimes about. Formula 1. This is especially what the podium of Fernando Alonso, Sunday, at the end of a race which lasted 1 hour, 56 minutes, 48 ​​seconds and 894 thousandths. The outcome was all the more enjoyable for the pilot Aston Martin that if the Interlagos circuit had been 5 meters longer, he would certainly have finished 4th, with the chocolate medal around his neck.

It was therefore 53 thousandths of a second short of it.

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