Fernando Alonso added his fourth podium yesterday in the first five races of the year. He did it again by showing good tire wear in his Aston Martin, the strong point of a podium car on all kinds of tracks.
“The car was fantastic. It was a pretty lonely run. There was no first. We expected slightly stronger opponents, but the Ferraris fared a little worse than expected. It wasn’t easy, but I felt alone.”commented the man from Oviedo before going up to the podium.
However, the Spaniard wants more than third place. He wanted 33. And despite Red Bull’s superiority, he directed two of the next three appointments. “Everything went well and now we are going for the triplet of Imola, Monaco and Barcelona and we hope to continue the streak.”
“At the beginning of the season a podium is incredible and now we want more, maybe the second place. But the Red Bulls are unbreakable, very fast… maybe in Monaco or Barcelona we will have a chance”then, before going up to the podium
“I devoted myself to finishing and watching TV how the Stroll is done”
Later, Fernando Alonso went through the media corralito to attend the televisions. In front of the ‘DAZN F1’ microphones, he emphasized the best speed of his car on the second batch of tires, with hard rubber, which allowed him to drive without pressure, in no man’s land , with the third position in control throughout the moment. He even made sure he had time to follow the race on the screens to see if his partner, Lance Stroll, finished in the points, something he ultimately failed to achieve when he finished 12th.
“It’s great. I’m super happy. You never know how the races are going to turn out. I was a little worried coming out in the dirt. I went quickly to the left and saw that ‘Checo’ and Carlos still didn’t start very well and I kept the that second position, which is important for the tires in the first stint. We dragged out a lot in the first stop, more than 20 laps, and then, the second stint we had more speed than the rivals with hard tires and it was a pretty sad race. I had nothing in front, nothing behind me, and I dedicated myself to finishing the race and watching little TV to see how Lance was doing to see if I could score”, he assured .
It needs improvements for ‘worthy’
“It was the best race in terms of distance to the leader. We have never been this close. But it was a strange weekend. In FP we were not very competitive, then in the time trial, we got very good that speed, and now in the race as always on Sunday the car is going very well. But hey, races come up where Sunday is not so important, like Monaco or Barcelona, something on Saturday, like Ferrari has that on Saturday they are always very fast and after Sunday they lose a little bit. Well… we lost some points to Mercedes, which they gained with both cars, but we will get them back in the next races”.
Source: La Verdad
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