After six races, Max Verstappen already firmly dominates the Formula 1 World Championship, as he did last season. However, Fernando Alonso does not throw in the towel. The surprising results of the Asturian with the Aston Martin, with five podium finishes, the last one in Monaco, have made him one of the great alternatives to the Dutchman.
The 41-year-old veteran driver is third in the championship, 12 points behind Sergio Pérez and 51 behind the current champion. Alonso is aware of the superiority of Red Bull at the moment, winner of all the races this season, four by Verstappen and two by 'Checo', but the Oviedo man pulls from the newspaper library to feed hope.
"We're not the fastest, but we weren't the fastest either in 2010 and we were leaders in Abu Dhabi; we weren't the fastest in 2012 either and we arrived in Brazil with options. That's the path we're going to take, without thinking too much about the World Cup, but without forgetting it", the Spaniard explained about his experience at Ferrari after his second place in Monaco, the best of the season.
"We are going to be as constant as possible," insisted Alonso, who this year has collected four third positions, a fourth place and this past Sunday he was only surpassed by Verstappen, from whom he expects some unforeseen event to aspire to the 33rd victory of his career in Formula 1. "We will need weekends where the Red Bulls have some problems. And if Max has one or two of those, we will be a little closer in the championship," he said.
The Spaniard does not believe that he can climb to the top of the drawer at the next stop this weekend in Montmeló. "I am not going to enter Barcelona thinking that I am going to win and then disappoint anyone. We have to have our feet on the ground," he said about the appointment in the Catalan capital, in which he expects "another race like any this year, where Red Bull is untouchable".
"We will not give up," concluded Alonso, who for the first time since 2014 is back in the pools to win the World Cup, which in his case would be the third of his record after the titles he achieved with Renault at the beginning of his career. , in 2005 and 2006.
