Alonso: “It will be a very busy weekend”

“It’s going to be a very busy weekend, for sure, because of the change in weather.” Fernando Alonso is clear about this. The rain can affect what happens on the track in the Canadian F1 GP and he wants to take advantage of it. The Asturian already found himself in trouble at the Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit in the 2022 classifications (2nd with Alpine) and last year, when he was 3rd behind Verstappen and a Hülkenberg that gave him 2nd place in grid due to a penalty. Two years in a row finishing 2nd in Canada after qualifying with Alonso working magic in the rain. He wants to repeat if the water appears again after finishing 2nd last year in the race, although with a car that at this point is more competitive than at present compared to its rivals, which this year has improved even more than the Aston Martin.

But despite the rain, Fernando Alonso’s eyes and mind were set on testing the revised floor and front wing that Aston Martin brought to Canada in conjunction with the details they brought with the new Imola evolutionary package. That is if the water allows it. Alonso wants to see a change in a car that at this point of the season, since Imola, has lost the ability to drive when the driver wants to find the final tenth.

“We have things to try in Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 but time will tell us if it is possible or not. And then, yes, with the rain and with the performance of the car, which at the moment is giving us some problems … we have “We lost a bit of confidence in the car, we have to get it back here, absolutely,” he said. Fernando wants Canada to be the start of Aston Martin’s comeback, starting to regain drivability and confidence in car by driving to the limit.

“We had to make some changes that we have already made in the car settings and also had a perfect weekend. The way things are now, with two or three tenths that can change you 7 or 8 positions. We have to do everything perfectly and “That will be our big challenge this weekend,” he highlighted the great equality on the grid.

RUMORS REGARDING SIGNATURES IN TECHNICAL POSITIONS

“We want to improve. I also believe that people from the outside see in this project something very interesting for the future. We have a new factory at full capacity now, the wind tunnel coming at the end of the year and I believe that some of the names that are trying to join Aston Martin is a good sign that the team is attractive that hopefully we will have a good technical team and above all improve the car in a short time, which what interests us as drivers tomorrow Our managers and Lawrence (Stroll) have to look at the project in two, 5 or 10 years, but we want the car to be fast on Sunday and that’s what we have to focus on of attention.

HE DIDN’T SCORE IN IMOLA AND MONACO: “COINCIDENCE”

“It’s just a coincidence. Because of the bad classification, especially in Monaco, that hurt me all weekend. But we’re in a better condition than last year… It’s something that’s hard to explain, because last year in this point we have several podiums and we are fighting at the front, and now we are not close to the podium But we know better the situation, the needs of the car and what is being done right and wrong in the development.

MOST TRUSTED

“There were black or white answers that were gray last year. We only have nine races out of 24 and I think we will end the year in a very strong position.”

“We cannot forget that two years ago it was a team of 300 people, today we are almost 900 under a different name. It is a bit unfair that we compare ourselves to Ferrari or Mercedes, very stable teams with continuing for many years. We are new and anyway, last year we saw that we can be as strong, and this year we will be stronger. By 2026, especially with the new rules, we have a chance to same or better than others.