Alonso achieves his 102 podium in Formula One, the fourth in five races
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), which this Sunday got back on the Formula 1 podium drawer by finishing third in the Miami Grand Prix (USA), celebrated its 102nd podium in the premier class, the fourth in the first five races of the year: something that he had not achieved since 2012, in his penultimate year at Ferrari.
The Asturian double world champion – who at 41 is facing his twentieth season in F1 – was third at the premiere in Bahrain, repeated that position in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and finished in that position again five weeks ago in Melbourne (Australia ). A week ago he was fourth in Azerbaijan and this Sunday, by finishing third in Miami, he achieved his fourth podium in five races. Something that had not happened for almost eleven years, when he chained five drawers in the Grand Prix of Korea, India, Abu Dhabi, the United States and Brazil.
Before the start of this season, alonso He had last climbed into the drawer on November 21, 2021, when he finished third in the Qatar Grand Prix, which the Englishman won lewis hamilton ahead of the current leader of the competition, the Dutchman max verstappen.
Before finishing third in November 2021 in Lusail (Qatar), the Asturian had last stood on the podium at the Hungaroring, where he had finished second in the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix, in July of that year.
Source: Eitb
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