If there was another driver other than alonso in front of perez, he would have passed in 3 laps, but this is what happens when the most unlucky driver in history for me is alonso, who deserves at least 5 championships. Where he took the corners, charging the battery and cooking the red bull car softly like a potato in the embers was very clever. Perez pulled the difference up to 0.9 for a while, and around the 65th lap. In 2021, we are talking about the best defensive man of the grid who gave nightmares to the most in-form Mercedes and hamilton of the period for 10 laps. Perez gave a very good message for the future, he had a very good pace for the team.
For sure I agree with you if Sergio Perez was not in the RB19 then that would be easy for Fernando Alonso but for sure if they could switch cars I bet Fernando Alonso would go straight to the finish line with Max Verstappen if given a chance to get into one of the RB19, but for sure Red Bull will not offer the seat into a nearly retiring driver, but what can I say Fernando Alonso is that genuine of a driver that anybody could want him for sure, and yeah I like Fernando Alonso more than with Lewis Hamilton,
Lando Norris definitely did alright, second place and the fastest lap which puts him right next to Alonso and potential for fourth place for the season. There are only two races left, Mclaren will not be reaching to third place, but they are comfortable at fourth, if there were some more races left that could be possible but with 2 races left, ferrari looks comfortable at third. Norris could pass Alonson ext race up, but I highly doubt that he will have a chance to go past Hamilton, about 30 points difference, not impossible if Hamilton has days like this for two in a row and Norris finishes podium in both, but I would say its unlikely to see him finish third. Fourth for Norris seems more likely, just as fourth is likely for Mclaren.
Lando Norris and McLaren have done a great job so far for this year-ending season, for sure in the next season McLaren will be ready for sure, well right now McLaren is sitting with a sweet 282 points right now while Ferrari is 362 points so sure that is so high points that they will be needing to get into that standing, while they should focus on for Aston Martin to not get their position because Aston Martin is pretty much near with 261 points, for sure the 4th place is a sweet spot,
. But seriously it's another boring street circuit and I'm not big fan of it. I expect that overtaking will be just in DRS zones. And that extremely long straight, something similar like in Baku.
Because Alonso was really amazing about staying ahead of him by a small gap at the end of the race.
