Fernando Alonso reinvigorated all his followers after the first free practice sessions of Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia which is disputed in Jeddah. The Asturian has once again dominated training for the first time since Australia 2023 and it is normal for expectations to build. However Pedro Martínez de la Rosa He talked about how things seemed more complicated in the race.
After one lap the AMR24 felt very solid, but the race pace in the simulation was not as expected and this was the biggest concern of those at Silverstone.
“We have to stay calm because it’s true, after one lap, both in Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 we went well, but we also went well in Bahrain. And then in the race we went backwards. Now we have to interpret a bit of a long run. Red Bull is in another galaxy, but It’s like we had a bit of a degradation,” explained for DAZN.
“I’m not very optimistic either. I don’t want to overbrake. A lap is one thing, but the points are distributed on Saturday in the race. I’ll have to look deeper into the long runs, but they haven’t been that great“.
However, Pedro assured that Fernando leading the first training sessions “it was not a coincidence.” The Catalan commented that Jeddah is a circuit on the calendar where the driver’s hands make the biggest difference and the result speaks for itself. “We have to get our chests out because we have a great pilot,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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