Straight line braking and small tackle on Lewis Hamilton: Fernando Alonso has fun in Abu Dhabi

Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) did again… Fernando Alonso at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The double Spanish world champion only finished seventh at Yas Marina, and kept his fourth position in the Drivers' championship at the last minute. But rather than the raw result, it was an action on the track which caught the attention in the second half of the race.

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As the Aston Martin came out of the pits right in front Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Fernando Alonso deviated from the ideal trajectory in order to encourage his English rival to dive inside and overtake him, thus canceling the benefit of DRS for the following straight. Except that the seven-time world champion was not born last year and wisely stayed in the wake of the Asturian!

A brake from Alonso on Hamilton in a straight line… 👀

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“We did the same thing in Canada, I believe, in 2012 (2013 in reality),” explained Fernando Alonso. “So 11 (10) Years after this episode, we are just trying to give DRS to the other driver, braking before the corner. »

In Montreal, the roles were reversed. Then a newcomer to Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton had eased off just before the DRS detection line so that Fernando Alonso, then at Ferrari, passes him in front just in time. In vain, because the Spaniard had not fallen into the trap and had immediately braked! At the start of the next round, he found an opening on his former teammate at McLaren in 2007:

In Abu Dhabi, equipped with more worn tires, Lewis Hamilton was able to overtake the Aston Martin but gave in at the end of the course. Something to make Fernando Alonso laugh. " In both cases (Canada 2013 and Abu Dhabi 2023), I won the duel. Well that's good ! »

Fernando Alonso has finally said he is not concerned by Hamilton's accusation that he “does emergency braking”. “Lewis is obviously very intelligent, he understands F1 very well and has a lot of experience,” Alonso said. But I have more. » And Bam !