Alpine signed a good start to the Grand Prix in Australia. The France team continued with a great performance, which became stronger due to its excellent work on the straight as it has already shown in Jeddah, which has benefited from the remodeling traversed of the Albert Park track. The French team had speed in the appointment with Saudi to lead the central zone with their two cars and aim for fifth position, but the first battle between the two teammates, Ocon and Alonso, separated them from to Russell, and later, Fernando was left with no points. for reliability failures on your machine. Today, the Spaniard mounts his third machine in the third race. Alpine should improve the reliability of the power unit, but can instead be content with the start of a new era, before major evolutions, as the theoretical third-best car. This weekend, Alonso and Ocon wanted to prove it on the track and they got off to a good start, with Fernando in fourth place and Norman occupying sixth place in a very equal middle zone.
“In terms of our performance this Friday we can reasonably enjoy the cars in both training sessions. Something needs to be done, especially to get the most out of the soft tire on the first scheduled lap for qualifying, ”said Alpine sporting director Alan Permane.
“We made the medium and hard tires work with a lot of fuel to check the speed of the race and this seemed consistent with our simulations,” he assured, confident in the good signs his car showed and warning of the importance of the result. which Alonso could get. and Ocon in the qualifying session because, despite the fact that there are 4 DRS zones, he considers that it is not easy to get career positions: “It’s going to be hard to overtake on Sunday, so it’s important to get the maximum from all the qualifying elements.
“We had a few small issues that slowed us down a bit in Free Practice 1, but we still completed a fairly normal day, a good number of runs and we got a lot of information from both sessions. “Fernando Alonso commented via the team statement.
“There are some balance issues that we need to fix, especially in the long run, with more fuel. The changes are positive and the lap is faster now, but I’m not sure if there will be more overtakes on Sunday, but let’s see. It’s really great to be back here in Melbourne. ”
Ocon: “This is a very positive day”
“Overall, it’s a very positive day for the team where both cars end up in the top ten in both free practice sessions. But we know it’s about tomorrow and Sunday and we see that it’s going to be very tight as it is in Bahrain.and Jeddah.The competition is fierce, especially in the mid zone, so we will work hard to include everyone for qualifying.It should be exciting and hopefully the team will have another solid day tomorrow to be in a good position for qualifying. race “.
Source: La Verdad
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