Alonso and his reaction before trying Silverstone’s improvements: “I think it’s lower in Icola”

White and smile, so it came Fernando Alonso In the circuit of Silverstone This Thursday, if he put on his best face of Galas before a capital event. This weekend, Aston Martin This is primarily the second pack of improvements after step forward taken by the green car with the first evolution shown in Imola.

Asturian is in charge of testing them on FREE this Friday to test them and study them, comparing their car performance without improving walking rolling in both track conditions to pick up data and conclusions in new pieces.

These evolution, with a new ground and a retouching on the motor cover, has developed many expectations and hope that Fernando can make another grill jump not only to fight some points, but to do this with more weapons, with better racing rhythm, better damage and approach of better results. However, Ovetense wants to reduce the expectations of the press conference he offered on the second floor of Aston Martin’s hospitality, where MD was present.

Your expectation

“What do I expect of updates? Let’s see. Obviously, hopefully a busy Friday. We need to try new pieces. We need to combine the program with two cars in FP1 and FP2, with different packagesDifferent adjustments, all normal things on Friday when you bring improvements. Hope tomorrow will keep the time dry. It is important to understand the package“He argued for the first time.

“But actually …” he continued, “It’s less than the isola package. It’s a very small press -up -up on the ground and nothing really obvious. You don’t even realize, because it’s under the car and it’s a bit lower. So, obviously, all What we bring will be welcome, and we will try to take advantage of the package throughout. In the isola it wasn’t overwhelming, and it seemed to work better than the numbers of the air tunnel. But I think it’s lower than we brought to Icola, let’s say it “Fernando added before he tested the novels, which was fully made in the new wind tunnel, as the ICOLAs were made in the air tunnel they had rented in Mercedes and eventually perfectly in the new tunnel, which the team ensured that it works in a very good relationship.

Result this weekend

In this sense, when asked about a possible Silverstone result with the arrival of new pieces, Fernando wants to put his feet on the floor and remember that, if a surprise does not happen or there is a crazy race or accident, with all the quotes that remain, the top-8 is at a different level and needs to fight for the last two points.

“The goal? If we could, add a few points, it would be another good weekend. I don’t think there’s more to it. I think the first four teams are earlier at all. So the first 8 cars are hardly reflected for the rest of the time. There aren’t many improvements to anyone from now on. So we need something so much to happen,”Ovetense commented.

“As happened in Austria, two of the first 8 cars did not end in curve 3. So it would open the possibility for a th -6, a fo -7“He graduated about it.

The destruction and rhythm he had in Austria

“Without that, I think the real rhythm wasn’t as good as the end, maybe. But at the same time, to make the whole race behind another car, inside the Drs zone, and not kill the wheels, and still stop … I think that some of the addresses and decisions we make, specifically in Austria, to be a little more on the rhythm of the week race than Saturday, they worked somehowSince making a single stop in Austria, only Liam and me, but I’m just behind another car, maybe this is a good sign for the damage to the wheels, but I think the rhythm is not enough. So, obviously, that’s the bad side of Austria. The rhythm of the week is not as good as Saturday at times, and we need to continue working here.

About what makes Silverstone special

“I say there are two things that are special in Silverstone. One will run in front of the British audience, all of which we understand Formula 1 has the basis in Great Britain and we have a lot of knowledge about this sport. So this is something we can feel. And when we run into Silverstone, we know that the public is very good and we have a lot of knowledge of what we do in the track Engineer.

“Cars that have land effects such as high speeds and don’t like low speeds. They are heavy at low speeds. They do not make up so much aerodynamic loads because the speeds are lower. And these cars, prefer silverstone than Monaco. For example, as a pilot, the feeling of silverstone is very unique weekend.

Andy Cowell spoke well in 2026 car

“Next year we all know this is a great opportunity. Not just for Aston, but for many of the teams we want to be the leading teams. Next year, there is a prestigious policy. We all want to be in a position that allows us to fight for bigger things. So one opportunity.”

The Aston Martin factory

“We know that the factory we have is one of the best facilities of this sport. We have already said this when I was under construction. Now it has been fulfilled. So I’m glad you see it and visit it now. But yes, it’s not about what we have or where we are building the car. The results are usually the ones dictating how strong a team is. We are super competitive.

The future of max verstappen

“I don’t know. I don’t care. I don’t have the advice … Well, I can be a consultant, but they need to … They’ll need to pay a lot of money (laughter, jokes). Right now, no advice.”