New Delhi:- This time Fernando Alonso celebrated his birthday not in our country, but as usual in the races. While the Spaniard's birthday usually falls on the Hungarian Grand Prix, this year Belgium is the place to celebrate. The Aston Martin veteran turns 42 on Saturday.
As a race leader, Alonso is often asked about aging and its effect on driving, so his birthday party rival at Spa said that he has finally turned 42!
Alonso points out that now everyone gets to have his questions answered. “When we performed so well at the beginning of the year and there were a lot of podiums, they constantly questioned themselves how it was possible to do so at 42. But I'm only forty-one…”, he hinted that the performance of his 42-year-old self can be judged at Spa.
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They asked him if he had any birthday wishes. "I just want it to be sunny. But I don't want anything," he said in Belgium, which is quite rainy at the moment.
He took advantage of the sunshine again on Friday, after qualifying, during which he took 9th place in Q3. "It was an intensely challenging time, every lap was a new game and you had to constantly adapt to the grip conditions. When you hit the corner, you went faster than ever. During the quarter 3, everyone is very tight except for Verstappen and we are only a few tenths away from seventh place.
Alonso joins Aston Martin on a multi-year contract in 2023 alongside Lance Stroll. He joined the team because he wanted a multi-year contract extension and Alpine was only willing to give him another year in F1. Alonso at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, with Aston Martin.
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On his Aston Martin debut at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, Alonso, benefiting from the much-improved mechanics of the Aston Martin AMR23, recovered from a first-round collision with teammate Lance Stroll without damage and finished in 3rd place, taking 3rd podium and Aston's first time since Sebastian Vettel took to the podium at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (the German driver will finish second at the 2021 Hungarian Grand) Prix but will be disqualified due to insufficient fuel sample).
Although he had to serve a penalty for slipping off the starting line, he finished third in the next race at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ; it was his 100th podium, making him the sixth driver to reach 100 podiums in his career.
After the race, he received another ten-second penalty for his first miss at the pit stop, sending him down to fourth behind George Russell; however, the team's appeal was accepted and the second penalty was reversed, retaining their podium.
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Fernando Alonso is celebrating his birthday with the crew and on race as he will not present at the Native country but he will be having a good celebration with the crew.