It’s no secret. The head of Red Bull highlighted it a few races ago, ensuring the ability of Fernando Alonso and max Verstappen to quickly adapt to any condition and layout. This explains why Alonso, after FP1 where there was no running, in Free Practice 2 in Las Vegas, a new circuit with no grip, very slippery, got close to the walls earlier and was 3rd in FP2. He also kept the bar in Free Practice 3. The Asturian looks like he can fight for third or fourth qualifying position, with a good first lap of Q3 leaving him 4th (3rd on the grid because in the penalty of Sainz). However, the Williams They saved a new game for the end and Bottas didn’t even set a time. He went from the 4th to the 10th, so he will start on the 9th.
According to Fernando Alonso, his Q3 lap was good, but what happened in this case was that as the sessions went by, all the drivers were able to optimize their cars and gain the necessary confidence to put things in place.
“I am very satisfied. I think it is a very good test of time. We have optimized the result. In Q3, I was also happy with the laps. There aren’t many more.”Fernando commented on the statements on ‘DAZN F1’.
“As it often happens with us like this in new circuits, the more chances you give and the more sets of tires you give to everyone, they start to optimize everything and you go back to your natural place. If it’s only one lap and only FP1 and we go straight to the time trial, it’s like a sprint, I think I have more options to stand out. But when you have 5 or 6 time trial attempts gradually everything is at 100% when you get to Q3 and you go back a little bit to the reality of each car”he added, then downplayed that his third place on day one was more down to his hands and his greater chameleonic capacity for adaptation than the cars’ pure performance.
Career aspirations
“Behind me I have Carlos Sainz, Hamilton, ‘Checo’… that is, I have bad clients behind me,” he noted about this Sunday’s race. Alonso starts 9th with Hamilton 10th, ‘Checo’ Pérez in 11th and Carlos Sainz , with a very fast Ferrari, in 12th place, against which Fernando believes he cannot compete.”“I think the Ferraris are in a different league here, so I don’t think there will be much opposition for Sainz at least and let’s see if we can compete with Hamilton and ‘Checo’.”Asturian ending.
Source: La Verdad
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