Alonso, satisfied with achieving his goal even with “a bit of a bitter taste”

Fernando Alonso ends 2024 F1 Belgian GP classification “happy” by attaining 9th position, which will allow him to start 8th in this Sunday’s race due to a 10 place penalty for Max Verstappen. The main goal of the Spaniard was to enter Q3, and in a classification with a track complicated by rain, in conditions for intermediate tires, the Spaniard achieved his goal and entered the top 10.

however, Fernando He was left “with a slightly bitter taste” for not being able to try to achieve a better result in the wet as he had no new tires available for Q3, while the top teams were able to save tires for that. decisive part. Now, the man from Oviedo hopes to fight to stay in the points after achieving his Q3 goal of winning position. Or togetherbecause others are too far away.

“I’m happy with how the time trial went. In the end, being in Q3 in these complicated conditions, you never know what can happen. In Q3 we don’t have new tires. The big 4 teams had a bit of the luxury of saving tires in Q1 and we only had to beat one car, Esteban Ocon, and we beat him by a whisker. Let’s see what we can do tomorrow.”said Fernando Alonso on ‘DAZN’.

“We had a bit of a weird weekend. It’s always hard for me to warm up in sessions.”Let’s just say, I need a few more laps to feel comfortable in the car. Now with qualifying I feel a little better, but looking forward to the race I’m still cautious because we had a weird weekend. I’m starting 8th, I hope we can stay in the points, but I don’t think it will be as easy a race as it seems.”he added.

THE DIFFICULTY OF WET CLASSIFICATION

“It’s one of the typical tests at Spa, where you have to be on track all the time, because you never know when the track conditions will be the best and when they’ll be the driest. And even though the radar says it won’t rain in full time trial, it might rain in one corner and the times are gradually getting worse, so every time you cross the finish line you have to set a time and see if you are progressing in the Sessions.

COME EIGHT: HIS GOAL FOR THE RACE

“We have to defend it. If you qualify higher than ninth you know you will suffer because the first 8 in the race is practically in another race. We start from the position we have and the one we did and we will see if tomorrow we can keep it.”

THE NEW SPA ASPHALT

“I wouldn’t say that we have found a big difference on the new asphalt in terms of wear either. Yes we have found more grip, but the wear has been similar. But when doing the time trial in the rain we have all the new dry tires available for racing and Even with degradation there will be no problem completing a fast race.

THIS IS NO OTHER OTHER REAR SPOILER

“You always choose the downforce, the rear wing and adding a little load for the rain, but we only brought one wing here, so it will be useful for the rain, dry… we made a decision before loading a truck.”