Fernando Alonso beat a Michael Schumacher record with his return to the F1 podium at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Alonso and Aston Martin returned to form at Zandvoort as they scored their seventh podium of F1 2023.
The Spaniard’s P2 broke Schumacher’s record of 7399 days for the longest interval between first and last podium finishes in F1.There’s 20 years, 5 months & 4 days between Alonso’s first podium and his final one .Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Alonso believes it’s too early to say whether Aston Martin are truly back on form.
“I think too early to say,” he said. “I think the car is better than the previous events, that’s for sure. “The car felt easier to drive, we were more competitive, we’ve been in the top five in every session this weekend - it was not only the race where we were fast, I think we felt competitive since Friday.
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