Fernando Alonso warned before F1 Austrian GP 2024 that in Red Bull Ringbecause of the characteristics of this circuit, he has to suffer and his teeth get angry again as it happened in Barcelona and as he hoped would also happen in the next appointment of Silverstone. And the weekend started with a 13th in the short sprint classification this Friday, something that keeps him away from the points that will be distributed in the sprint race this Saturday (the first 8 marks) and that makes him clear if how much trouble he will experience. this in the long classification on Saturday afternoon and in the race on Sunday.
The Spaniard said he squeezed everything he had into his car on his SQ1 and SQ2 laps in the ‘qualifying’ sprint, with great laps, and there was no choice but to break into the top 10 on a very close grid . In addition, he announced that he was suffering from “an engine problem” but that he had to use it in this race, prioritizing the option of delaying the time to install a new engine due to the few points options available he’s still at it. breed.
“Too crowded”
“It was very close, as we expected. I was very happy with my laps in sprint qualifying and I think we achieved the maximum lap time in both SQ1 and SQ2. Unfortunately, it was not enough to advance to SQ3, which is something we’ve come to expect.”“, commented the Asturian when he got out of his car this Friday.”
“We’ve had an engine problem since the beginning of the week. But this is the last race with this engine and we had to use it at some point. It’s better not to put an engine that’s too good in this. time we don’t have in points, so “It’s going to be a tough race,” he added, highlighting some frustration with his Mercedes engine.
In anticipation of the sprint race, the driver from Oviedo, knowing how difficult it is to qualify for points, focused on collecting more data about a car that Aston Martin needs to improve a lot, something Alonso hopes the team can do in its next improvement package, which should be completed in Hungary.
“I think it will be very difficult to get points this Saturday (in the sprint race), but we will get as much information as possible from the sprint race. It is always good information for the first stint of the race on Sunday. There is 24 laps and there will be something to learn”, Fernando said.
Source: La Verdad
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