Alonso has confirmed the cause of his car’s breakdown in Singapore and is clearly talking about Aston Martin

“We need to understand what happened,” said Fernando Alonso at the end of the F1 Singapore GP. “We had some damage to the car that we had to understand what it was with. We had a problem with the suspension covers, an aerodynamic part. We realized it in the photos of the pit stops”, he added on Sunday. Fernando Alonso has had an unexpected career. His car is certainly going very well from what was seen on Friday in free practice 2, where he was one of the best by a long shot. However, in Singapore, a route that should have fit his car like a glove, he suffered on Sunday with a lack of car speed. He did not catch the speed of the best and suffered to fight against Alpine of Or with or to catch up Perez when the Mexican rolled over on very tired tires. A few days later, arriving at F1 Japanese GP, The Asturian driver was more optimistic and clarified that the drop in performance of his car in Singapore was due to this injury.

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A car’s aerodynamic package is thought out down to the smallest detail so that it works together. Each aerodynamic piece is created to guide the air to a specific point of the car to create the desired effect. The breakdown of one element, no matter how small, affects the performance of the entire package. SA Fernando Alonso He was apparently hit by some debris on the track, which likely hit his car, causing damage to the casing covering the left front suspension arm. That shell was made with a very specific aerodynamic shape that Alonso couldn’t resist. And that seriously damaged the car’s performance, according to the Asturian in remarks to ‘DAZN F1’ the day before the start of Japanese GP.

“Every time there’s a difficult weekend we try to study and learn from it, and in Singapore, everything went a bit wrong for us with Stroll’s accident on Saturday and Sunday with low speed in the race. But later, After analyzing and putting the car in the garage, we saw that we had a lot of damage to the front suspension and that leaves us a little bit calm because those damages affect our lap time,” revealed on ‘DAZN F1’.

Expectations for Japan

In theory, the Singapore route is better suited to the characteristics of the AMR23 compared to this weekend. Suzuka is a track full of linked, fast corners with two long straights, with only one slow hairpin. That’s what the man from Oviedo wants to clarify.

“On paper it should be a little more difficult than Singapore, or let’s say in Singapore we had high hopes because of the nature of the track, here it’s a bit difficult to say”he explained at the press conference before the Japanese GP, in statements published by the ‘Motorsport.com’ portal.

“At high speed, we were not the best for most of the season, so we were a bit worried coming to Suzuka; but at Zandvoort, which is a high-speed circuit, we were very fast and fought for the podium. I hope to be one of the positive surprise,” he argued.

Key confirmation

That the car did not perform in Singapore due to damage and not due to issues related to the success or failure of the new aerodynamic package presented at Zandvoort is something that relieves Fernando Alonso who, after his excellent race in the Netherlands , said he is even more excited about what’s to come for Aston Martin because of the reaction it has shown in the big World Cup factories. In that sense, the Asturian is optimistic about the project of the English team.

“I am very happy with the project, as well as in difficult races like Singapore or Monza, all our meetings at the factory have been very productive,” he said.

“The team’s motivation to be the top team, resources and determination is extraordinary, so I am very happy; but we have to accept that everyone here has a very high standard,” he added.

The development of the car

“All the teams have great designers, wind tunnels… all that kind of stuff. Our wind tunnel will be built next year, and we have high hopes. Most of the top teams already have wind tunnels that in a few years, so we can match their capacity” he continued.

“The pace of development should be faster next year, but it’s a very new team, and it’s a new position for us. It’s not that we accept and are fine with the situation, we just know that this is a season of learning,” he highlighted.

In addition, the two-time F1 world champion spoke about what he expects for the Japanese Grand Prix, after the cold water in Singapore, where he also had a suspension problem starting on lap two of the race.