Verstappen and the Red Bulls They continue to be referred to Saudi Arabian GP. Therefore, if you want to take pole position in the circuit of Jeddah You have to get an ace up your sleeve and there Fernando Alonso He is an expert. So when he got the chance to try his luck in the second attempt in Q3 he didn’t waste it.
With only one bullet left in the chamber, the Asturian had to Lewis Hamilton ahead and didn’t waste a second in positioning himself right behind the Briton to catch his slipstream.
“Either he kept not letting it pass and maybe it bothered him and he didn’t want me to be penalized or he braked at the last corner and I lost the temperature in the tires but I definitely got the slipstream. In the end I chose that course of action,” he explained to DAZN’s microphones.
However, this was not enough to fight for pole position. Verstappen is still in a different league and is almost four tenths behind the Dutchman. On the other hand, between the Spaniards, Leclerc and Pérez have only 55 thousandths
“Happy weekend. We were very fast in all the free practice sessions and now in the time trial. With the mix of Ferrari and Red Bull which was surprising and we beat McLaren and Mercedes again. We have a very fast car in one lap and it is not very fast in long runs. “We have to work on it, make some changes for the race and tomorrow we will know the answer.”
Feet on the ground
Despite feeling good aboard the AMR24, Alonso wanted to stay calm because he knew it The Achilles tendon of the Silverstone team continues to be racing speed. Therefore, he hopes that in the race he will have to fight to score points.
“I had confidence since Free Practice 1. It always gave us a good feeling, we had a lot of grip. On this circuit you have to pass very close to the walls, if you don’t have confidence you can’ t go fast. But I know that for five days we were the fifth team and In such a short time, history will not change much and tomorrow a more difficult race awaits me. In one lap for whatever reason we were very fast and we had to take advantage of it.
Source: La Verdad
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