Fernando Alonso “knows what he’s doing” after Lewis Hamilton qualifying tow

With Hamilton finishing his final lap in Q3 on Friday, Alonso found himself in his old rival’s slipstream.Asked if he intentionally seeked a tow from Hamilton, Alonso told Sky Sports: “No. I knew that it was tight with him. I didn’t want to be in Lewis’ way in the last corner.“My tyres had cooled down a bit. So that was not ideal. I lost one tenth but gained one tenth with the tow, so it compensated.

“And he’s thinking ‘I will just let him go by, do a nice thing, and get a nice tow down the main straight!’Naomi Schiff added: “We see him set himself up perfectly to get that tow.“ There is a constant headwind down the straight here. If you’ve got a car in front, punching a hole for you, that will inevitably do you justice.Alonso will line up behind Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix starting grid.

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