Despite having suffered multiple breakdowns on board his car so far in 2022, Fernando Alonso has not lost faith that Alpine will put all the pieces together in the coming weekends to achieve great results.
If a Formula 1 fan goes to the drivers’ standings in search of the two Alpine drivers, he will appreciate that, while Esteban Ocon is in 8th position with 52 points, Fernando Alonso closes the Top 10… but with barely 29 points23 less than the Gallic driver who is racing at home this weekend.
precisely from those kind of fans the Asturian driver reneged at the beginning of the week, when he gave his opinion on the followers of the premier category of motorsports who turn off the television after Sunday’s race and do not turn it on again until the next race weekend, also intending to impose a vision of sport that does not correspond to reality.
Aware that the bulk of the new Formula 1 fans have not seen him compete when he was fighting for podiums, victories and even the title, Alonso is focused on giving his best to take Alpine, if his car does not break again , as high as possible.
work to do
“It has been a difficult Friday for us, especially when driving in these conditions of extreme heat in France”, said the #14 as soon as he got off his Alpine A522 at the end of the first day at the Paul Ricard circuit.
“We try to adapt the car as best as possible to these high temperatures and we focus on the tire management and the refrigeration during the two free practice sessions”, continued Alonso.
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The objective of Alpine and the Oviedo driver is to “run clean weekends with regular points from both cars”, something Alonso hopes to be able to accomplish, at least for his part, if bad luck leaves him even during a GP . To do this, in France both drivers will have updates on their respective cars.
“We have brought some improvements for this race, and both drivers have used them in both sessions today. They have worked as expected», he commented Pat Fry in this regard after experiencing “probably the hottest Friday of the entire season so far in terms of ambient temperature”, in which they have encountered multiple “challenges”.
“We have one more update that we will put on the car tomorrow, which should bring a little more performance”
Alpine’s technical director revealed that “we have one more update that we will put on the car tomorrow, which should bring a little more performance”, since “Clearly we are not where we want to be”although the fact that both Alonso and Ocon have provided similar comments will make it easier for them to move in the right direction.
“Looking back, we are not entirely happy with the balance of the car at the moment, we have to study some possible changes for the night. I trust that we can improve things and be in good shape for qualifying tomorrow in front of our audience”, concluded Alonso. “There’s definitely more to come,” Ocon added for his part.