With one of the cars on the grid with the highest top speed, Fernando Alonso is confident of closing the weekend at the ‘Temple of Speed’ with a good taste in his mouth and a result in line with his expectations.
Before getting on your Alpine A522 to compete in the Spanish Grand Prix race, held on May 22, Fernando Alonso confessed to the journalists attending the event that, with just 2 measly points in his personal locker, he hoped to change this negative trend.
Said and done: the #14 began by adding another 2 points in Spanish lands to continue amassing points until competing last weekend in Zandvoort, thus reaping a streak of 10 consecutive grands prix finishing in the top ten and, consequently, scoring.
“Single-seater porpoising seems to have increased here compared to previous weekends”
The big gap that separated him from his teammate in the general classification has been reduced to just 7 points. Knowing the competitive nature of the Asturian driver, it is more than likely that one of Alonso’s objectives from now until his relationship with Alpine ends is to finish the year ahead of an Esteban Ocon who still does not have a partner for 2023.
“It was another good Friday for us at Monza”, confessed Alonso, 7th in the morning session and 9th in the afternoon, in both immediately behind Ocon although in the same tenth as the French driver.
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Secure the 4th
With the latest results, Alpine has slightly stood out from McLaren in the constructors’ championship, with 125 points for the 101 of the Woking formation before the last race of the triplet with which Formula 1 has returned to the circuits after the holidays.
the very lando norris He recently and openly stated that “Alpine has done a pretty bad job”, considering that this point difference should be much greater, since “we are not as competitive compared to last season”, spoiling the good feelings of the commanded by Otmar Szafnauer.
“We have tried everything we wanted to try and we have collected a lot of useful information regarding tires for this weekend”, Alonso continued before pointing out the biggest setback they have encountered so far: “The pouring of the car seems to have increased here compared to previous weekends, but beyond that it has been a smooth and well-executed Friday free practice by the team, “he pointed out.
For its part, Alan Permaine stressed that “we were comfortably in the top ten with both cars” and that “We have not encountered any surprises”good news that for the Alpine sports director is enough for the moment, waiting to see how far they can go in classification.