Fernando Alonso was unable to sign a time in Q3 for exceeding the ‘track limits’ on his decisive lap. The Asturian, seventh on the grid due to sanctions on direct rivals, has slipped the error in Alpine’s planning.
Fernando Alonso He has not had the best of the classifications in Monza. The Asturian driver has progressed to Q3, but his performance in the last round has not been as expected. After aborting the first lap, in his final attempt he went off track at turn 7 and his registration was cancelled. Tenth for times, He will come out seventh due to the sanctions on different rivals.
Although the Asturian did not evade his mistake on the decisive lap, Alonso also revealed that Alpine also had to change the power unit of his car at Monza. The data proves him right, since Fernando will start seventh on the grid and Esteban Ocon, once all the sanctions have been applied, will start twelfth.
“We had the opportunity to change the engine here. With all the penalties of the rivals it would have been good »
Fernando Alonso He analyzed his classification on the DAZN microphones: «I think we came out in seventh position, Pérez, Sainz and Hamilton penalized, only three. It is what it was. Without the ‘track limits’ I think the lap to be eighth ».
In this line, the Asturian pilot has ensured that “eighth or tenth, does not change the fact that we lacked a bit of rhythm today in the chrono. We were left out of Q3 with one car. It will be a defensive racetrying to get some points here in Monza.
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The failure of the Alpine ‘Plan’
As a summary of the situation and somehow lowering the expectations that could exist before qualifying, Alonso added: «Very fast cars are behind and we started seventh, so I hope to be close to the points zone. In fact, scoring points tomorrow is the goal».
However, in global terms, Alonso has regretted Alpine’s decision-making: «We had the opportunity to change the engine here. With all the penalties of the rivals it would have been good. We had to do it with only one car so as not to miss the rhythm of the race and the opportunities».
acknowledging their mistakes
Despite slipping that Alpine should have changed its power unit in Monza, the Spanish driver does not avoid his mistakes: «In the first attempt I went a little long in the corner and aborted the lap because I was three tenths worse than in Q2 , so I decided to save that set of tires for the road”.
“On the second try I went wide at turn 7 and they took me back. It has been a bit of a disaster in Q3. We expected more, but it was a bad time for us. I will start seventh, but we will see what happens », the Asturian pilot concluded in the second instance.
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