“The car has been replaced by someone else and it’s a mystery”

Fernando Alonso could go for another Q3 against all odds Mexico. After a difficult weekend, in which Alonso admitted that the car was not performing as it should, the Spaniard revealed that his car performed better in qualifying compared to free practice.

This, along with Eliminating in Q1 the two ‘roosters’ like Pérez and Norris would have given him a chance for Q3, but a red flag when he started his last attempt in Q2 left him unable to finish the lap that’s it. and without trying to get into the top 10 again.

“The truth is that there was still a small option to get into Q3, because when the red flag came out I was two and a half tenths better than the previous lap. I would have placed 5th or so and then I think I hope everyone improves a little bit and maybe 9th or 10th in this Q2 is possible,” he commented to ‘DAZN’.

“The car improved a lot from free practice to the time trial, I felt lighter and had more gripso in that sense I have a better taste in my mouth about the time trial,” he said.

“We had low expectations from the time trial. We used three sets of tires in Q1 thinking that was our limit, and we saw that in Q1 after using two we were saved and in Q2 we still had a chance to get in in Q3. So, About all the weekend sessions, the time trial is the best, without a doubt, I hope it gives us a small dose of hope and a little window for tomorrow,” added the man from Oviedo.

“It’s a shame, but the race is on. And the feeling the whole weekend was pretty average Regarding the car, we had some doubts about how we would go, but nevertheless in the time trial the car was better than any other session. “We didn’t make any big changes from FP3 to the time trial, so it’s a bit of a mystery, but we’ll try to see what has changed because the car has been transformed into another, better one now.”he added before the televisions.

“In Q1 there are always surprises”he said about the elimination in Q1 of Pérez and Norris. “Q1 is difficult to predict and there are always one or two of the good ones who stay. It offers us the possibilities to get into Q3, as it has offered us in the last races, and I think now there is also a little possibility. The flags “They’ve helped me a lot in the last few races: Russell’s red, Norris’s yellow in Baku that didn’t complete a lap… so today we’re hurt, but so far I’m still winning ,” said the Spaniard. .

400 GP, record forever

“Good, very good. Celebrating 400 Grand Prix is ​​a luxury. It’s a privilege to be with F1 for more than two decades. I never thought to reach the top category, let alone spend 20 years here. Every race is a luxury and a privilege, I feel lucky, and I try to take advantage of every minute.”

The track, with little grip

“The track is delicate. Although the new asphalt in the last sector, at Foro Sol, has improved, I think we are two seconds faster than last year, but it is still Mexico and the grip here is still very low.”