Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll dropped out of Q2 and left behind Alpine

This has to happen someday. Sometimes in such a long World Cup there has to be ambiguity. In one with 24 races. The one in which it’s the same There is Monza, not Monaco. In which you drive from Shanghai to Miami so quickly. Aston Martin suffered in Florida and looks set to continue to do so after a classification in which they failed. In which he did not give them.

Where even the ever-reliable Fernando Alonso factor was lacking. There was no magic. No miracle happened. It was reality: Lance Stroll and the Asturian were eliminated at the first opportunity after a second quarter in which They will have a lot to analyze.

Because they were knocked out. Because the worst thing is Alonso was 15th. Was the worst. It was the same as in the first quarter, in which he almost missed. Because of Ricciardo did the same as on Friday The two-time champion would not have made it past the first qualifier.

After the Alps.

In the end, knowing his pride would be felt, he starts the race behind Alpine. Yeah, behind Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. And you’ll have to row really, really hard to reach the points zone.

Much, much needs to happen in the race. In one of them, Aston Martin put everything on the line in Miami, despite the sprint. Because the short test was what it was: Fernando was practically knocked out after Hamilton’s excess of optimism. And the same thing that happened to Mercedes on Friday happened to the drivers at Silverstone on Saturday.

It wasn’t that day. Things did not work out for the team, which, according to Pedro de la Rosa, It had to be between the seventh and ninth.

. But no. Not because they weren’t even there in the third quarter. Not because they were barely competitive.

Wait for San Marino

So it’s time to minimize the damage in the race and wait to see what can be scratched, and if anything can be scratched, in a test that could and should be a turning point for a team looking to change course. Imola, Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, marked in green.