Many things have been saidby Fernando Alonso. From your level behind the wheel. How he is able to get the most out of every car he has in his hands. Besides, as sometimes he gets even more than he has every car he drove. Yes, from this Alonso “hammer”. The one who makes the turns. The one who always competes on Sunday. And also that on Saturday…

what in the classification it’s not so settled. That it is in the race that he gives the best of himself and that in the fight against the clock he falters. Yes it is a weak point. One in this one lap battle and we are looking for every tenth, hundredth or thousandth to place the car as high as possible on the grid.

It’s something we’ve talked about a lot. What those who know and those who say they know talk about. Former drivers and former bosses have even spoken out, making comparisons with other ranking experts such as Kimi Raikkonen. Well, it’s time to do the same.

Not even uniting Pérez and Stroll

It’s time to compare Alonso with the others in 2024. With a car, with an Aston Martin, which was the second best car until Canada and from there, except in Zandvoort, it rather went down. And yet, only Alonso has always managed to be… in Q3.

Exact. In the fight against time. There, only Fernando has always been among the top ten. In the 17 World Championship races we have competed in, the only one capable of fighting for pole position every weekend has been the double champion. Even Verstappen, who fell in Saudi Arabia and Singapore, cannot say what Aston Martin can say.

Only Carlos Sainz had to “capitulate”, and in Qatar he was left out in Q2. He did it with Sergio Pérez, and here’s what will surprise many people who doubt Alonso’s abilities.

Because Alonso has 17 races in Q3, one more than Lance Stroll, his teammate and the Aztec driver have combined. The Aztec Red Bull driver, the most dominant car on the entire grid in 2024.

Lance, four races in Q1

The Canadian has in fact not made it through Q1 in the last four tests. The Aztec there was a huge drop midway through the season, when he failed to place the car in the top ten for many weekends.

Meanwhile, Alonso is not failing. It doesn’t fail whether the car runs perfectly or not. If the Aston Martin driveshe is; yes it works but less, Also. Whether it’s a Sunday… or whether it’s a Saturday.