Alonso amazed again: “We will not apologize for the good classification”

Fernando Alonso He will start third in the Chinese GP. The Spanish driver dazzled again with two superlative laps in qualifying in Shanghai and managed to become the best non-Red Bull driver heading into Sunday’s race (9:00/DAZN). “He always brings out others,” said Mike Krack, at the end of the session.

Despite finishing with a great taste in the mouth on Saturday, the Aston Martin He made sure they didn’t have the pace to fight for the podium in the race as seen before qualifying in the sprint race, where he pulled out after a fight with Sainz where he punctured.

“An incredible Saturday again. Yesterday we did P3 in rainy conditions and today the same in normal conditions. It makes me happy and I’m happy for the team. We didn’t start well last year but it shows that we don’t give up Every race we try to improve a little bit this year’s pace made a block and then we qualified again at the front Tomorrow will be a defensive race where they will eventually overtake us but we will not apologize for qualifying.“he said for DAZN

“The simulator is a bit of a theory. F1 is a very dynamic sport that changes every second. There are too many variants that the simulator cannot calculate and you need to be aware to see what can be done. Happy for now, tomorrow is another story but I will think about it tomorrow and enjoy today’s work.

Tweaks after the Sprint

With the new Sprint format, teams can change car parts between the short race and qualifying for Sunday’s event. The British team has taken advantage of this but Fernando is still missing something.

You can’t completely change the car because you’re already in the rhythm of the weekend, but you can make small changes to solve balance problems that will help for the race. We won’t know the answer until tomorrow afternoon, but I am very proud of the team, we are not giving up, “We are not yet in the position we want, but we keep pushing,” he judged.