“There is no concrete answer to what happened in Austria and in Silverstone we don’t have a clear prediction if it will be like Canada or Austria or Barcelona, that we suffer more. But that’s how it happens every weekend, every Thursday . We will try to play guessers every Thursday, you on your part (the press) and us on the answers, trying to guess between Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin who will have a slight advantage this weekend ”, This is how Fernando Alonso explained yesterday at Silverstone before the Spanish press present on the track, along with MDthe big changes seen in the performance of the Red Bull chase cars in recent races.
In Barcelona, Mercedes is the best of the rest with the new package of evolutions. In Canada, Aston Martin was once again the second best team in its new divisions. And in Austria it is Ferrari in its improvements. WhatWho is going to Britain this weekend? The doubt is huge, although Carlos Sainz has a favorite for this race.
“Here Mercedes will be very strong. And Red Bull, obviously. Mercedes was very strong last year here in the Carrera when they didn’t have a good car. And we will try to be like that in Austria, the first of the rest. And if Red Bull fails or someone fails, try to take advantage of it”, commented the man from Madrid, who highlighted in MD the step forward made last week in terms of race speed with the new parts that arrived against the clock from Maranello factory. However, he stressed that at Silverstone, the wind could damage Ferrari.
For his part, Fernando had something else to say above who will win that big battle at Silverstone: “to put Aston Martin, Ferrari and Mercedes in the same sentence and the fight to see the team doing the best seems incredible”. He has reasons to highlight this. Spanish fans quickly got used to the Asturian podiums at the start of the course and were thinking more about a possible new victory for Alonso in F1 than the incredible presence of Aston Martin. Now, due to Verstappen’s superiority, the long-awaited victory seems to be slipping away. However, Fernando continued to believe.
“Not even Mercedes wins everything”
“Verstappen and Red Bull can win all the races, yes. A weak point? The reliability can be it”, commented ovetense.
“They don’t have a big problem. ‘Checo’ had problems last weekend in Australia and Max had gearbox problems in Q2 in Jeddah. If the gearbox problem comes in a race where you are second or third, the window to win opens. And that is a bit of the hope that the other teams have”, commented the Asturian.
“And even if they could win all the races, by pure statistics it’s hard to see a car win 22 races in a row. Mercedes didn’t do it in its dominant days, neither did Ferrari. I hope to come out that time and with Aston Martin there. Because if it comes out, for example, in Austria, it would be Leclerc’s turn in that case”, he concluded, the same opinion expressed by Sainz. The fight between Mercedes, Ferrari and Aston Martin is not just for podiums, it is for leading that group in the most number of appointments possible to win the day Max fails. “By statistics”, the mistake of Red Bull and Verstappen should come, according to the man from Oviedo.
Source: La Verdad
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