The strategic error of Aston Martin in the ESPRENT, by delaying the change to dry wheels of Alonso, and The subsequent touch of Lawson that left the Spanish without points, fell like a slab about the illusions around the British team. In the classification it was eliminated in the Q1 (17th), but for Fernando the sprint malazo was still too recent.
“I was doing a perfect race, I kept the rhythm with Hamilton and Albon even if it was illogical. Already starting in the top-10 was illogical. We did not stop to put the dry tire (pronto)I asked for many, many times. We thought it was not the right time and in the end we were fighting with Liam (Lawson)I think it is secondary because We should never be in that position. We had to fight with Hamilton for the third and fourth place, ”he said.
About the penalty of five seconds that the Neozyre received: “We went to talk to the commissioners but I don’t give him any importance Because the Wheel to Rueda fight had to have been with Hamilton for third position if I stop at the right time. ”
“It is difficult to read everything, not many cars had stopped then, it depends a lot on each car, some can keep the intermediates longer but in our case it was clear that the intermediates were not good enough, but on the computer it is difficult to see it “values the difficulties to succeed with the strategy when changing from rain to dry tires. One of the Achilles heels in Aston Martin.
As for early elimination in classification: “Q1 is our limit right now, we use three sets in Bahrain and Yeda and we arrive without new games to the Q2. Here again on the limit, one tenth up or down. The other teams change, sometimes it is Haas, other Alpine, Sauber, it is difficult to compare with the rest.” “We have to find more rhythm, two years ago we fought for the podium here and marked the record in the last sector. Actions such as those of this weekend are even at a higher level than those of 2023, because then I was adapting to the car and the team, but we are on the other side of the grill. There is something we have to understand, we are united.”
For the race it sounds pessimistic: “It will be difficult, we are not out of position. We start back because it is our rhythm, although if it rains or there are chaos we can benefit. But it will be difficult.”
