It was felt that the subject would bring a tail. He’s not at Silverstone, but only for a few weeks. This happened in the second race after the introduction of a novelty with a controversial word attached since its announcement. We refer to Pirelli’s decision to change the casing of the tires in the middle of the season for safety reasons, something that affected Red Bull and Aston Martin and that can be a main reason to understand that Milton Keynes is now close to Mercedes and McLaren and to understand that Alonso will finish 8th this Saturday, overtaken by two Alfa Romeos, something that some races do not think. Because of this, Fernando Alonso did not hesitate to throw strong ‘darts’ at those who allowed this change to take place in the game as soon as the game started.
Pirelli took to article 10.8.3 of the Formula 1 technical regulations to request that changes be made to its tires mid-season. They argued that possible safety problems with the tires should be promoted because previous compounds were created for slower cars. Pirelli was surprised by the huge improvement in performance from all the teams from one year to the next and they felt it necessary to make this change mid-course. This hurt Red Bull and Aston Martin at the start.
“When you change the height of the net, or the basket ring, or the soccer ball in the middle of the championship, it’s always something bad,” Alonso told the Spanish press at the Hungaroring circuit, with MD, before also showing himself against the experimental qualifying format that was tested in Hungary and will be repeated in Monza: “It’s scary.”
NEW TYRES, BUT SEE ALSO ASTON MARTIN
“Are there teams that have gained half a second? It has taken it (half a second) from other teams. I no longer focus on Aston Martin, because we have to improve and we have not brought too many improvements throughout the championship. Now, like every week all the teams publish what’s new, it’s easy to go back from Bahrain to here and see all the teams at least that we have brought. is among the smallest and we have to improve as a team, not only on the track, but also in the factory and in the rhythm of the evolutions “.
“If not making any excuse for the tires and leaving Aston Martin we haven’t evolved enough, I don’t think Red Bull will be happy either, because from doing first and second in all the free practice, time trials and races, going to Silverstone and seeing that they are only 3 seconds ahead of Norris in the race, here I don’t think they have been in any leading position and even now they are not leading in any leading position… 10. So there are some teams that have clearly lost performance on new tires.
HE’S NOT WORRIED: “TO ME THIS YEAR IS A GIFT”
“It doesn’t bother me at all because this year everything that happens is a gift. Years ago I dreamed of making a podium and we had 6 podiums in 10 races and I was third in the World Championship. And every race is a gift. And we think about 2024 for several months. I remember that in Barcelona many people asked me why I still had two points, but people asked me why I still had two points. t care because this year I know I’ll finish third, fourth or fifth, so I don’t care. It’s more important to start 2024 well and have options to have a strong car like we had this year at the start of the preseason.”
“So, this year if the tires are changed, it’s okay, but it’s nice to learn, try to get to know them. They’re the same for everyone, so if they’ve been bad for us and good for other teams, we have to understand what they’re doing and treat them in the best way to have that advantage for us as well.”
THE EXPERIMENTAL CLASSIFICATION FORMAT: “HORROROUS”
“Very bad. For me, horrible. I don’t think that the spectators today had a very different time trial from others, we all make two attempts in Q1, Q2 and Q3 and you go through sessions as we did in other time trials. And not having tires for free practice I think has been a great disadvantage for the ‘show. s and we go into the garage. But if you pay 400 or 5000 euros and the cars don’t run in FP1, FP2 and FP3… I suppose it ‘s very good for pollution (because fewer tires are used) but for the public, it’s still not that good.”
ALFA ROMEO, BETTER THAN THIS CHRONO
“They don’t overtake anyone. They’ve done a good time trial here. But when we get to Spa and Alfa Romeo is in front, then we’ll talk. But this is a time trial.”
Source: La Verdad
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