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Fernando Alonso asserts his move on Lewis Hamilton was more “important” to his eventual Sao Paulo Grand Prix podium than
After losing a position to Hamilton at the start of the race, Alonso took advantage of Hamilton’s failure to pass Norris on the restart and successfully overtook him. Alonso was able to pull away from the struggling Mercedes and extend his stints, giving him fresher tires than Perez in the final laps. He believes that the pivotal moment of his race was when he overtook Hamilton on lap one. Without that, he wouldn’t have been able to extend his stints and have a tire advantage over Perez. Despite Perez’s faster car, Alonso defended his position by taking a wider line into certain corners. With five laps to go, Perez managed to overtake Alonso, but Alonso quickly regained his position on the last lap, finishing third by a narrow margin of 0.053s.
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