It hurts, it hurts a lot to see you like this Fernando Alonso. After clinching an incredible and meritorious second place in the standings in the rain, the double world champion in Formula 1 You couldn’t wipe the smile off his face on Saturday… but what was a pure illusion after “quality” became a bitter disappointment on Sunday.

Shortly after the start of the race, the Spaniard remained 10 seconds to be able to enter the pits with the virtual safety car that caused “Czech” Perezso, in the beginning, his options were already subject to a wink from the goddess Fortuna.

Nothing could be further from the truth, around the 20th round his Alpine A522 started having reliability problems again and he couldn’t get the most out of the engine on the straights, losing “between 0.8 and 1 second” per lap.

After entering the pits after the safety car caused by Yuki TsunodaAlonso came out behind Or with with 15 laps to go before the checkered flag.

At the moment, Alpine decided to send team orders and he told Fernando not to fight with Estebanwhile the Oviedo man called on his best pace this weekend to let him through.

In the end, the French slowed down so that the man from Oviedo had DRS and so that he can defend himself against Valtteri Bottas in the last corners… but several deviations in the main straight to defend against the Finn were considered illegal by the FIA and an after five seconds penalty ends up relegating it to ninth place of a race in which he started second.

Without even realizing that he was under investigation by the stewards, Fernando Alonso showed his anger and frustration after crossing the finish line.

The Asturian, unleashed, hitting the steering wheel repeatedly, a clear sign of disappointment for what could have been and was not. Of course, it’s clear that without reliability issues and with any luck, Fernando is here to fight for something more than sixth or seventh place.

Yarışın ardından Alonso… pic.twitter.com/kRZnMk7aeP

— FERNANDO (@alo_theking) June 19, 2022