Ferdinand Alonso He finished in 11th position on the first day of F1 French GP in Paul Ricarda first day where more is expected from the beginning of Alpine. The French team left a very good feeling at the last Grand Prix as a result of the step forward taken by the car due to the new aerodynamic package presented in Silverstone. In his home race, in front of his fans, the Gallic team arrived with something new on the ground, including Alonso and Ocon optimistic and confident to opt for a good result, but this Friday Alpine He was far from the best and from his fight to lead the midfield against a very new McLaren.
“It was a challenging Friday for us, especially driving in very hot conditions in France. We tried to adapt the car as much as we could to cope with these high temperatures and focused on tire management and cooling in both practice sessions.” Fernando Alonso, which is 1″731 from the best time, 7 tenths from the sixth position of Norris.
made it clear Alpine He did not intend to look at the timesheets and think of his clean performance, but he also admitted that his car had a lot of room for improvement on Saturday as they did not hit the key with the car’s balance on the fast French track. “We’re not entirely happy with the balance of the car at the moment and we need to see some potential changes overnight. I’m confident we can improve things.” and be in good shape for tomorrow’s qualifying in front of our home crowd”, said the Asturian in a statement from the team.
Pat Fry, Technical Director
“We have an additional update for this Saturday”
“It was a problem-free training session for us today at the team’s home Grand Prix. The conditions were very hot, probably the warmest Friday weather so far in terms of ambient temperatures, which certainly brought some challenges.”
“We must overcome them to improve our performance. We brought some improvements in this race with both drivers running them in both sessions today. They worked as expected and as usual we will check the data before the rest of the weekend.”
“We also have a further update to put into the car tomorrow which should bring further performance.”
“Both drivers are facing similar challenges with the balance of the car here and we’re clearly not where we want to be relative to our competitors.”
“That said, with both drivers offering similar feedback, they give us clear collective direction to make the right improvements for Qualifying, where I’m confident the timesheets will better reflect our performance .
Source: La Verdad
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