“We really need a very chaotic race”– Fernando Alonso claims Alpine can’t get a podium on merit; would need chaos on track

Tanish Chachra | 24/09/2021
"We really need a very chaotic race"– Fernando Alonso claims Alpine can't get a podium on merit; would need chaos on track

“We really need a very chaotic race”– Fernando Alonso claims that his team is the sixth fastest on the grid, leaving them out of the podium.

This year, Fernando Alonso’s team Alpine won a Grand Prix with Esteban Ocon after a chaotic series of events in Hungary. Thus, Fernando Alonso feels that if his teams need another podium, similar circumstances would be required.

He claims that his team is probably the 5-6th fastest team on the grid, which doesn’t give them enough merit to get a podium under normal circumstances.

“I think we are the fifth or sixth quickest team out there,” Alonso said. “So for us to get a podium, we really need a very chaotic race. Without that, I think by pure performance, I think top six, top seven is our maximum position.”

“We did achieve that in a few races this year, and I’m happy with the consistency. And you need to be super lucky to get one podium. I was not so far.”

“I don’t expect to be in the remaining races. If it comes, obviously it will be welcome, but I think we need to work on realistic expectations.”

Better results expected in Sochi

Alonso finished P8 in Monza, which according to him, wasn’t a good result. But going into Russia, he is foreseeing a better performance despite the rain prediction.

“We think that Monza was one of the worst for us in terms of layout and characteristics of our package, so here should be a step better,” Alonso said.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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