Fernando Alonso will start 14th in US GP sprint race this Saturday (8:00 pm) and will try to improve the starting position in the subsequent classification (12:00 am), which will determine the starting grid for its main purpose: Sunday’s race.
The Asturian, after getting out of the car after his fight against the clock, according to the ‘Motorsport.com’ portal, He assured that the priority in the short weekend appointment is to continue learning from the new evolution package that Aston Martin premiered in Austin.
The green car brought 6 new performance features to the fore, but this weekend was a sprint, with a free practice session to test the new features and draw clear conclusions about how to get the most out of the package and find the settings.
He worked hard at it, but an FP1 time was not enough for him, especially in an Aston Martin that often struggles to find the right settings quickly whenever it presents new parts on the track.
“We wanted to experiment a bit with the car and we made some changes to the setup before the sprint qualifying. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to move to SQ3, and we also had a few laps removed due to the end track limit,” said the Spaniard, who finished with no time in SQ2 by exceeding the track’s limits. But at that time, Fernando already saw that entering the Top-10 this time was not possible. There is no other miracle like the previous quotes.
“We will evaluate these changes and the new package tonight, and see what we can do this Saturday. In the sprint race the top eight score points, so it will be very difficult to fight for points, but we will see what we can do. learn”argument.
“The car performed well in SQ1, but in SQ2 it became very difficult to drive and we were trapped by the limits of the track,” Fernando assured, something where he continued to test and experiment with the settings to make some progress in learning about this new package. “We have to keep working tonight “Analyzing the data we’ve collected and understanding how we can optimize the updates we’ve introduced to the car, I think the pace is the same as it has been throughout the season.”argument.
Source: La Verdad
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