Alonzo: "Disappointingly, we would have fought for the pole"

Since July 21, 2012, at Hockenheimwearing red ferrari. Almost 10 years have passed since thenand Fernando Alonso does not add pole. He has 22 first positions on the grid in his career, and this Saturday, unexpectedly, the Asturian returned to fight for first place. The guy from Oviedo showed speed throughout the weekend, but the biggest surprise was to see he could keep up at his best when they turned on their machines. In fact, Alonso is convinced he can aspire to the pole position in the Australian GP with Alpine very quickly he performed better than his partner Stephen Ocon.

That felt like a two -time F1 champion, a champion fighting for everyone behind the wheel of a F1 after years without doing so, and drew a smile by painting the second set of purple, with an absolute record on his first attempt in Q3. I will go for everyone. He climbed the walls. He is having fun with himself, attacking to finally get the jackpot. Worthless. This time, the Oviedo man said he would go for pole position or for a good spot that would allow him to opt for a podium this Sunday. But when he had given everything and the belongings were in order, his car broke down and got stuck, causing him to collide with the wall. The frustration was overwhelming.

“We are still investigating. This is a hydraulic problem. It had no gear shift or power steering and everything went in that corner. Embarrassing. I think I’m a tenth better than the pole and I have two sets of tires that we saved in Q1 and Q2. So we can fight for the pole now. We’re having, I think, the best weekend in years, and the truth is that (having) another problem with my car is a bit frustrating, but let’s see if we can finish it ”, he pointed to the microphone of ‘DAZN F1’ sa melbourne.

“It was the best weekend in many years. And as I say, fighting for a pole position … we’ve been waiting a long time, and the first time it comes … it’s a bit frustrating to have a problem again. “added the Asturian, satisfied with his speed and what he felt again in ‘quality’, but disappointed by suffering a new reliability and backback in his single-seater, which in the third race it was mounted he was the third machine of the year.

“And if you have to have problems, you want to have them when you’re 11th or 12th or when you’re not fighting for anything important. Points he can add this Sunday. He doesn’t care. crumbs on a weekend where he He knew he could eat at the table the best.

“We also need to see if anything needs to be changed in the car and we have penalties. But for now I don’t care. I want to fight for the pole, I want to be on the podium tomorrow. And now, if we take any points, that’s fine. And if not, it’s also okay because I prefer everything or nothing. And right now we are completely prevented by bad luck ”, he concluded, hoping that luck will finally stop turning his back on him in 2022.