“We must be in a good place”. This is how it is presented Fernando Alonso at the end of the first day of free practice F1 Las Vegas GP 2024a day where the Asturian started in 7th position in Free Practice 1 but finished 14th in Free Practice 2, 1.6 off the lead and 5 tenths away from entering the Top-10 However, the Asturian is confident.
The Asturian worked for a large part of the session to solve some rebound problems in his car, the result of a change of adjustments made by the team from FP1 to FP2 that caused this problem, as it happened in the race in Brazil , something that left him with severe back pain at the event in Sao Paulo. But the Spaniard assured that after returning to more normal and less risky arrangements “everything went well”.
“It wasn’t easy. But it’s the same for everyone. The tires get cold after a long straight, so it’s hard to keep them in the right window of use.. But like last year, it’s not surprising. “We need to find a little more performance tonight and work on the tires, which is the key here, especially for qualifying.”he declared in front of the F1 microphones.
“We know we have two different philosophies. One is a bit more dangerous because of the bounce and as soon as we noticed it we went back to a more familiar set up and everything was fine after that. So we should be in a good place. “the reasoning of the Spaniard, whose goal this Saturday (Friday in Las Vegas) is to fight to enter Q3 in qualifying, knowing that his car should have fewer problems getting the tires to temperature to prepare for his fast lap compared to many of his rivals on a very cold track.
Source: La Verdad
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