This was Alonso’s reaction saying it all after staying near the pole in Canada

Non-verbal language says a lot about how drivers feel after getting out of the car. Sometimes, more than they should or can say in front of the cameras and microphones of the press. And in the case of Fernando Alonsocouldn’t hide a few sighs and a nervous laugh that said everything about what could be in the classification of Canadian F1 GP if everything had been perfect for the Asturian, if maybe he had a better set-up or if the rain accompanied him in the last Q3 to try to make the miracle.

Fernando Alonso was 6th. But the fact is that in a tight qualification, with such a change of track, with intermittent drops of rain that did not fall with the force expected, the man from Oviedo was only two tenths away from position of an Aston, which in the early races was further away.

At the end of the qualifying session, Alonso knew he could have the desired pole there, but at the time he needed to help the team find a way to improve, he came out of the qualifying session with a different setup than the Free practice session 3 to try, with less answers and certainty, and he finished with a breath from sleep, the same sigh that he could not stop from coming out on several occasions when he was asked about his last 6th place on the starting grid of the Canadian GP in F1 by almost two tenths already, according to the Asturian, “they hurt”.

“How close would we be if everything was in its place”

Before answering the first question DAZN asked him, the Asturian sighed. “It was difficult because we made a bit of a change from Free Practice 3 to the time trial. We took a bit of a risk in terms of setup (adjustments). And the time trial was difficult. Because it rained. , the rain stopped and you don’t know the conditions. And everything is tight, because in a tenth you can be left in Q1 and then Q2 and in Q3 everything can change completely. Happy with the result, sixth, after the last races where we were a bit behind…”he argued before once again regretting not being able to come closer.

“But… seeing myself two tenths from pole…”he continued to make a gesture of denial, sighing again and laughing nervously. “Because of how the car has been running a little bit in this session and how the lap … I think … how close we can be if everything is in its place!”he exclaimed.

“We are in the experimental phase”

“We are still in a somewhat experimental phase of redirecting a little the path we lost in these last races, so we are going to try to have a race without errors, it can rain any time because there is a forecast of rain, so. we will have to Also pay attention to which tires to wear at all times, make a good start and see…”, he explained.

“But hey, we were in front of good people, of Pérez, in front of two Ferraris, who suddenly came to win the World Cup after Monaco, and all these things. So little by little we will do our best but we still have a long way to go. And these two tenths now hurt more,” finished on ‘DAZN’.

Later, in the group of written press, Fernando Alonso again emphasized the “pain” What was the reason why he found out that he was so close. Mainly, because he emphasized that on such a delicate track no one can do a perfect lap, something that doesn’t usually happen. That any small detail could bring him into that fight. Or that if the rain always appeared in Q3, he could have made more differences in his hands in a more even match.