“Here’s our 8th or 9th car. And that’s the truth”Fernando Alonso was highlighted on ‘DAZN’ after qualifying at the Singapore GP. Which makes it all the more incredible, even for him and his team, that against all odds, The Asturian again broke any predictions from the team’s data and computers to finish 7th.
“Magic,” some would say. “Miracle”, something else. But when something like this is repeated in the last 4 Grands Prix, perhaps we have to think about another common denominator: an amazing Alonso who manages to extract oil from any scenario, taking advantage of the mistakes of rivals and performs perfectly at the important moment. to achieve the unthinkable. His Q3 at Zandvoort was unthinkable, it was unthinkable to hold it in Monza, as well as in Baku, and later, in Singapore, where his car got even worse. But he did. You can’t talk about luck or chance. They are hands, work and talent.
The data indicated that The result Fernando sought after qualifying in Singapore with a car at odds with the characteristics of the Marina Bay circuit was to stay in Q1, like his teammate Stroll, who was 17th.. In fact, he stressed that FP3 showed the reality of his car due to its weaknesses in traction and slow cornering on a track like Singapore, with Stroll 18th in FP3 beating only two Saubers. But Alonso did it again. He achieved 7th position thanks to nailing 3 sectors in all his turns and taking advantage of his rivals’ mistakes. Again he did everything perfectly with fewer weapons than the others and managed to achieve 7th place in the troubled water, which he clearly could not achieve again “even if he repeated this classification 199 times”.
“I really didn’t expect today”
“The truth is I didn’t expect it today. We had a difficult weekend and I think this circuit brings out all our weaknesses in the car. We had no traction or steering in slow corners and less stability when braking. We were a bit scared of this circuit in general and it was confirmed in all the sessions that we were not comfortable.”announced Alonso to ‘DAZN’, surprised by his performance, explaining how he passed each part of the classification step by step.
“I made progress in Q1 and I was already happy. I said: ‘I’m staying here now.’ And then in Q2 when they told me I was tenth, I told them on the radio to tell me who’s coming back because they’re definitely going to kick me out.“But in the end I barely made it through Q2 in 10th place, and at the end of Q3, who knew that two Ferraris were behind you and that Tsunoda still wouldn’t do the perfect lap?”
“The laps are so beautiful”
“The final lap was very good. All the laps were very good. In Free Practice 3, I achieved a good consistency in the car and I was comfortable. We were not very fast, but I did 1’31″0, 31″1 and 31 “1 of the three laps I did in FP3, so the car was more or less consistent and I could do laps without many errors and it helped in Q1 and Q2 to put the three sectors in their place and not make mistakes . But the points will be given tomorrow,” he assured.
“Logically, in a street circuit, where it’s difficult to overtake, it’s better to start the earlier the better, so I’m very happy with the 7th position, but we have to finish the job this Sunday,” added Espanyol, far from thinking about defending himself between the walls with a car with worse racing speed, he prefers to focus on what comes before: the start. He wanted to start the attack to gain position over Hülkenberg to place 6th.
On the exit attack
“I start seventh, on the clean side, with a real chance to get 6th in the first corner, so, a little out of position and it seems like tomorrow is a race where I don’t belong in the position I the track is located, but I will try to do my best,” he explained.
In fact, he revealed that in Q3 he believed that after Sainz’s accident, which ensured him 9th place, he would not be able to start to ensure a clean side at the start. But he took a risk and it turned out better.
“I will try to make a good start, because we saw that there is a big difference from the clean zone to the dirty zone, so I wanted to be 9th and when I saw that Sainz was not going to start I was a bit tempted to make sure that the 9th in case I put the 8th, which we thought was worse than the 9th And it gave me the quality that I finished in the 7th This time trial 200 times and I didn’t ‘t finish 7th in 199. I’ll take today’s and see what we can do tomorrow,” he commented.
Defensive race between walls
Fernando Alonso had to try to defend himself against the faster cars, stretching out on a slippery track like Singapore. In this sense, he believes that the fact that there are 4 DRS zones does not help him, something that can make him lose positions in superior cars. Therefore, just think about finishing in points.
“There are 4 DRS zones, and unfortunately, this will help (those who want to overtake him). I hope there is no DRS and we did 50 laps the way we started. But hey, here comes the 8th or 9th car. And that is the truth. We don’t hide it. We saw it in all sessions, with Lance 18th in Free Practice 3, with only two Saubers behind. And tomorrow, starting 7th, we can dream of catching Haas, dream all we want, but if we’re going to get points, we’ve got to save them well and get out of here quickly on Monday so they don’t take them away from us , “ he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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