Engineers’ computers Aston Martin They said with the car they were riding in Bakuwith much to improve, it is almost impossible to break into the top 10 in the classification. But Alonsowith his hands and his ability to fight and get the most out of every moment, he removed any simulation and number in the classification of Azerbaijan GP.
In the green team, they literally hallucinated and could not explain what the Oviedo player achieved in Baku, with everything against him. Fernando, with a worse car on this track than Williams and very far from the 4 best cars (8 drivers), had to take risks with his car tuning team.
They chose to put less spoiler to be faster in the straight to defend themselves in the good overtaking of this race track: in the straight of the last sector, knowing the worst racing speed of their car. It was a double-edged sword, a desperate option chosen by the circumstances: it made Fernando less mechanical grip than the others, making his car slide more and so he had to go out to try to maximize his qualifying result.
Things look complicated in Q1. He was 15th and finally escaped and made the cut as Norris failed and was eliminated. If it wasn’t for that, I would be 16th. Afterwards, the Spaniard pointed out on the radio that they will be left out of Q2 because of how badly they suffered in Q1. And on the wall they do not believe it is possible to break into the top 10. It was there when Alonso chooses to go all or nothing. Then a twist was taken and the predictions and thousands of numbers from the team’s computers were loaded. He took down the wallshe gave it his all, sliding and speeding as fast as he could, risking an accident. And the miracle worked. He placed 5th and made it into Q3, and there, he passed two Williams to start 8th.
“We have to be honest: we didn’t expect this”
“We have to be honest. We didn’t expect it then,” said the Team Principal of the Aston Martin team, Mike Krack, in statements to ‘DAZN’.
“It was an incredible performance. We did more than the maximum. We have to be honest, we expected it to be difficult to get into Q3. The goal is always to be as high as possible, but in Q2 Alonso made a turnaround and we don’t know where Fernando is from, I was just told that it was a matter of risking a lot, and it happened.”he pointed out.
“And then, in Q3 he got the job done. And that was the difference. We never give up and we always try to do our best. And with Lando out, and with faster cars behind us… that’s why I say we’ve done more than our best,” added Mike.
“Maybe when he gets angry is when he gets the best”
The surprise Aston Martin got when it saw Alonso’s Q2 time was huge. Especially after how angry the man from Oviedo was about the poor performance of the car throughout the weekend, where they focused on trying to find a grip in sectors 1 and 2, but without luck. In that sense, Krack highlighted the performance that Alonso got at that time.
“This additional motivation that Fernando has because we have already signed Adrian Newey… I don’t know, maybe that’s why. He’s not happy all weekend and maybe when he gets angry is when he gets it. I don’t know, I have to talk to him. But this is a truly extraordinary return. Like I said on the wall, it’s not something we expected,” he revealed.
“When we saw the first and third sectors, where we were not fast all weekend, and we knew that in the third we would do well, I thought: maybe we will be tenth. but at some point we fifth. . In Q3 we only had one new set of tires and we were only tenth behind Mercedes, so it’s not bad,” added Krack.
Career options
“When you come to Baku you always have to make a decision. In racing you can only overtake after a long straight and we know we have to be fast on the straight to overtake”Krack said about Aston Martin’s decision to opt for a car with less wing, to defend itself in the straight, knowing that his car will suffer more in sectors 1 and 2, with less grip and more tire wear, but also, that in the narrower parts of the track, despite having less weapons, Fernando will be able to defend himself in the race.
“We worked all weekend in that area for that last sector, but it was difficult for us because the grip was less than last year on the track and we didn’t end up having the grip. We will have problems finding a grip in the first and second sectors. But in qualifying, with new tires and more and more rubber on the track, we can do a little bit better. We have good speed in sector 3 and I am confident. “We don’t have the fastest car, but we are fighters and we will give it our all,” finished Alonso will have to defend himself to get the points this Sunday against the faster cars in the long run.
Source: La Verdad
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