“Tomorrow I will attack Max (Verstappen) in the first corner,” Fernando Alonso said as he got off his Alpine after achieving a great second position in the Canadian GP classification in the wet. But he was quick to warn the ‘DAZN F1’ microphones as a joke that it was a strategy to “make the Dutchman nervous”. In qualifying, water equals mechanical differences. Alonso was able to fight Max’s Red Bull. But in the dry, in this Sunday’s race, the Spaniard knew he had no vehicle to fight for victory. Maybe he was trying to put himself first. Why not? But your only goal is to collect the maximum number of points in the races.
“Yes, I told him, to see if I was nervous, but I didn’t seem to. And even if you pass it on at the beginning, you know sooner or later they will pass you on as well. We’ve seen this in some races, that even if they have a hole in the first lap they’re ahead of you. So the actual position is 5th to 6th or 7th, that’s our position that sooner or later we will fall in the race. We have to try to finish in the best possible position ”, commented the Spaniard.
“The truth is I am happy. In FP3 we were first in the rainy season and I thought the others were less pushed and it was an unreal position, but I saw that in Q1 we were more or less there, or first, second or third . The truth is that last lap was exciting, trying to make the most of the vehicle. They have become special conditions, we know, but we have to enjoy it and try to finish the job tomorrow. No score on Saturday. On Sunday you can make mistakes in the first laps and all the good work will end, so you have to focus ”, pointed out the man from Oviedo, with a result that was more than a second and a half better than Esteban Ocon, the his ally.
“Ocon had a problem with FP3. My car handled well and gave me extra confidence to push. These are difficult conditions because you improve by a second every time you get off the track and therefore you don’t know what to grip in the next corner. You know more than before but you don’t know how much and you have to improvise. But it has gone well ”, he commented about the Frenchman.
Competitive throughout the weekend
“It has been an incredible weekend for us. We have been competitive since the first free practice, when we usually are, but we have been competitive also this time when we know that on Saturdays we usually lose something”
a mega car
“The car became ‘mega’. I’m so comfortable here. I’m so comfortable in the car and the fans gave me an extra bonus with it”.
Source: La Verdad
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