Alonso and his expectations on Hungary’s improvements: “It will be a good sign”

This Saturday or Sunday, Aston Martin Introducing a new pack of evolutions that Fernando Alonso It was pointed out a few weeks ago, in Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ issues with you this year could be a turning point for the team, “a new championship” for them, “a new championship” for them if they can really improve the performance of a car that has struggled to develop whole time. the year. . However, before trying out the new pieces this Friday in practice Free from the Hungarian F1 GPat the official press conference at Hungaroring circuit (Budapest), preferred to lower expectations and not put more pressure on his team regarding these new pieces.

In Barcelona he already said that you have to “learn to walk before running” and now he hopes that these evolutions will mean an improvement, but he knows that in a grid with so many teams at the top, with McLaren, Mercedes , Verstappen’s Red Bull and Ferrari on another level, what the team must do now is to confirm itself as the leader of the middle zone and move forward step by step to try to get closer to those at the top. But this is not something that will happen overnight.

“What result will make me happy in the last two races before the break (Hungary and Spa). It’s hard to say, because that middle class is very tight. Although I would like to finish in the points and that will be a good sign that the new package as expected. The I think the top 4 teams are too far from us at the moment, we can’t reach, so we have to take small steps. Finishing in the points is probably the goal.”Spanish argument.

“I think it’s a bit difficult to find the right window for the car,” he explained of the car’s problems at the start of the season. “It is difficult for us to extract the maximum potential of the car. In Barcelona we started off on the wrong foot and we couldn’t come back from there, after some bad Free Practice sessions. In Austria, only a few are free because it’s a sprint weekend and we can’t optimize the package. At Silverstone we had less heat and I think that helped our performance. We will see here in Hungary. It’s also hot here. It’s a very hot track and it’s quite similar to Barcelona in terms of speed and so on. So maybe we can do better,” he added, hoping to enter Q3 in qualifying and in the race points, among the top 10.

“It has been a complicated first part of the year. With ups and downs, like everyone else surely, but it is true that we started strong in the first 4 or 5 races, where we were quite competitive, especially in qualifying, being close .to Mercedes and even to McLaren. And then we fell into the race. But the last 4 or 5 races have been more difficult. So we have to improve our performance, raise the level and return to a more comfortable position,” he argued, again pointing out that the team’s first goal should only be to improve and stand in the middle zone before thinking about the higher level.

“My goal and my desire is to find the direction and find the right path of car development with more confidence in what we are doing for the winter season. and have a more normal campaign in 2025. In 2024 the top 4 teams are far out of our reach. So we have to focus on our own development, trust our car and improve for next year.”

YOUR BIGGEST CAR PROBLEM THIS YEAR

“It’s not just one thing about the car, there are quite a few things that we liked. It’s hard to drive. It’s a bit unpredictable at times. And that takes away the driver’s confidence, when you can’t push and trust that the car will do the same in every corner of every lap is not good when you are behind the wheel and I have more problems this season than others and when the margins are very small and you are fighting for a point or two, sometimes you do more dangerous decisions, you risked with strategy and maybe you risked more than you should instead of changing a little thing before qualifying, we change everything because we know that in delis Libre s3. car you won’t get of more than one or two points So you are at risk and you always have consequences in the things you do when you keep fighting at the top and now fighting for one or two points sometimes everything is at risk top 5. Avoiding points doesn’t carry much weight. “We have a lot to learn and I can say that this has been my biggest struggle.”

SPAIN’S SUCCESS AT THE EURO CUP AND ALCARAZ AT WIMBLEDON

“The whole country enjoyed it, without a doubt. In tennis, we had Rafa Nadal there for many years, almost two decades, and now we have Carlos Alcaraz. I think we are in good hands . Carlos is very smart, he has great hands and the whole country enjoys it when he plays And also in football, every two years or 4 depending on whether there is a World Cup or a Euro Cup, it’s something. that I want to win the final against England when you come to the races… the mechanics in the garage (in the English team)… fortunately I haven’t talked to anyone yet but when the free practice starts this Friday.