Fernando Alonso he finally released the improvements he had brought Aston Martin in Suzuki and the result is very encouraging. The Spaniard managed a good qualifying session and will start in fifth position in the race Japanese GP.
The Asturian was the only one capable of lowering his first attempt in Q3, leaving the red bull. He managed to stop the clock at one 1:28,686, less than half a second from pole time. Something that for the Spanish was a pleasant surprise. He will start just behind Carlos Sainz but he managed to leave other important rivals such as Hamilton, Russell or Piastri.
“In September we were 1.5 seconds behind Verstappen and now we are four tenths away, very happy with the team’s progress. In front of Mercedes, in front of McLaren. It is a good test of time. I did the last lap in Q3 a little higher than the odds. This time it went well. In Melbourne, for example, I lost the car in turn six and broke down… When you’re on the edge of good and evil, it can come out heads or tails. Now it’s expensive, but it’s exciting,” he explained to the DAZN microphones.
As for the new parts that Silverstone brings, Alonso He didn’t want to go into detail because he only tried it on Saturday. In free practice on Friday there was only one kit available and he used it Lance Strollingwith a classification to forget.
“Hard to know until we analyze everything. I think the best comparison is when you ride one day with one package and another day with another, as I did in my case. Tonight we will analyze all the data and hopefully it will be positive .The truth is that I felt good with the car, we were quite competitive in the time trial and the truth is that I didn’t expect it to be that high, four tenths away from the Pole.
Source: La Verdad
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