The Mercedes nightmare continues. And now a new demon for them is resurrected in the form of Fernando Alonso in his “lovely car” Aston Martin. The shiny green team left the world awestruck when it placed itself as the second-fastest car at the conclusion of the Bahrain Grand Prix. However, the threat of the Spaniard which was still to come to fruition pushed an eight-time champion team like Mercedes to take a strategy call that didn’t materialize in their favor. However, the team which according to Lewis Hamilton didn’t accept their construction blunder has accepted the one they made on the track.

A race debrief has become a part of Mercedes tradition now. Though it has lately only been talk of shame, the team nevertheless still shows up to own up to the shortcomings. Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin answered the question which had intrigued the Silver Arrows fans as to why was Lewis pitted when he said his tires are good. What was the strategy? He clarified that the said question points to the second and final stop of the race. And the reason for the stop, despite the tires being good, was that they aimed at an undercut against the growing threat of Alonso.

But in want of trying to avoid Alonso, the team couldn’t even triumph over Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari. However, the Silver Arrows have accepted that the shiny green team has done a commendable job.

Fernando Alonso’s new team applauded by ex-teammate Lewis Hamilton

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