Seems like an impossible mission Fernando Alonso can enter the top 10 in the grid of F1 Abu Dhabi GP. But the Asturian achieved it again, as happened in many of the events in the second part of the championship where the Asturian was able to place his Aston Martin in a Q3 and points area that does not match a single-seater which in the second half of the course was dissolved due to the improvement of its rivals and lack of evolution.
Fernando came from performing that miracle of entry Q3 and win points Qatar when it seemed he could not, after a great improvement by several trials carried out with changes of arrangement until he found the key. A week later, all was not well and on Friday the Asturian told the radio that he was Aston Martin is “one of the worst cars ever”, something that explains that his feelings are not good. And in FP3, his 15th place, two tenths away from 10th, did not bode well for a good qualification. But the Oviedo man did it again.
A fantastic second half of the year with few weapons
Alonso’s arrival is no surprise. Another second part of a superlative campaign in terms of driving in a turn and in the race.
In Zandvoort He managed to put his car 7th on the grid and 10th in the race to score points in a car that didn’t make it. In Italywhich he considers the best event of the year, he almost qualified for Q3 and the points, 11th on Saturday and Sunday on a track opposite his car. In Baku He was 7th in a lap and 6th in the race, in Singapore he was 7th in qualifying and 8th in the race. In Austin is 7th in the classification and in Mexico9th in one lap, although both times his race pace Aston Martin This puts him back in his natural position on more normal routes where he can’t defend himself. In Qatar he was 8th in qualifying and 7th in the race and in Abu Dhabiwhen it seemed impossible, he returned to 8th in the classification.
“It was better than expected, a wonderful day”
“It has been much better than expected, a super day,” expressed Fernando on ‘DAZN’. “We started the weekend with a changed leg, a very difficult car to drive, with the front and rear parts completely disconnected. We made a lot of changes during the night and this morning in Free Practice 3 we were not happy and we didn’t improve the car much.”he commented.
“We made changes again before the time trial and it seems we have found a little window where the car seems happy. These cars are very critical: they only have a few heights and a few millimeters where the car seems alive and we have now found it in the time trial. Happy for this Sunday, a very good position, but hey, it will be a difficult race too,” added the Spaniard.
“What did we find? Degradation, no, because we found the same or more. We found a little window where the car operates most effectively. These cars are very critical and lose all grip or it has depending on its attitude, the curve, the height of the car in front and back, many details that I think we have put for the test of time and paid off,” he added in this matter.
What did the forecasts say?
According to the computers, Aston Martin started the weekend with the worst car on the grid. This is what Fernando Alonso said, clarifying that the events did not go well this Saturday morning in Free Practice 3. Furthermore, he emphasized that for the classification he has between the 6th and 7th best car, that is, something that allows him to aspire to be between the 11th and th -14. But in the end he was 8th.
“We had a difficult few months, and yesterday in the review we were the last team. And this morning in the review we were the 9th or last team. And suddenly we made changes and now we’re probably between the 6th and 7th team. So you always have to find something: go from 9th to 7th, from 10th to 5th or from 5th to 3rd. “You can never fix where you are and it was a demonstration again this weekend.”
Difficulty running
“This is the last race and it will be amazing to be in the points. We have done the work today, Saturday, and we will try to do it on Sunday. I just ask to enjoy”he pointed out.
“In the race it will be difficult. We will have tire graining again, for sure, because yesterday all the teams suffered with the front tire in all the long runs. And Abu Dhabi is a circuit that offers options -overtak in the same zones of The DRS and the circuit changes start behind Leclerc, Hamilton and ‘Checo’ and we are 8th but we know that maybe not our real position with the cars in back which logically ends with front Being in the points seems difficult but I’m ready to enjoy the race,” Alonso concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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