F1 United States Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso admits “fear in stomach” after Lance Stroll crash
Alpine driver Alonso collided heavily with Aston Martin’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll - his teammate next season - on Lap 22.
Stroll retir🙈ed (and was given a three-place grid penalty for his role in the incident) but Alonso, somehow, continued to finish seventh.
"I'm happy to be here talking with you because I could surely be in 🍌the medical centre. So I'm happy for that," he to⛎ld DAZN.
"We were lucky ༒with the first safety car and then, on the restart, I tried to take Stroll's slipstream.
"I moved to the side to leave the slipstream, and he also moved. It was a bit of bad luck that we didn't understand ea𒉰ch other.
"When I was in the air, I was a bit scared because it wa𒁃s very dangerous. When I landed on the asphalt, I thought it was race over. That's what I thought when I ent꧒ered the pits.
"In the end, to finish seven♏th is incredible. The last laps, I was pushing like it was qualifying. It was my best race of the season, but the fear is still in my stomach.
“After the crash, I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the rওace. I just wanted to finish the race."
The veteran Spaniard was given a 30-second time penalty, relegating him to 15th, after Haas p🍌rotested that he was not shown a black and orange flag when his wing mirror came loose as he overtook Kevin Magnussen.
Alonso, 41, will be alongside Stroll in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up for Aston Martin as the replacement for🌳 the r⭕etiring Sebastian Vettel.
James was a sports 🦂journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba🦂ll, to F1.
