The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who will start sixth this Sunday in the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth of the Formula One World Championship, declared at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal that “it’s annoying to be only two tenths off the pole.” , but” that from that position they will be able to go “for good points.”
“It was a very unpredictable qualifying, with the constant threat of rain, but I think we have to be happy with having put both cars in Q3 (third round of the main qualifying) in those conditions,” said the double world champion. Asturian on the track where, in 2006 – the year he revalidated the title – he achieved one of his 32 victories in F1.
“In the two previous Grands Prix I was left out in Q1, so finishing sixth gives us an opportunity to score points tomorrow,” said Alonso, in a second youth at 42 years old, who last year, by finishing second, managed in Montreal one of the eight podiums in his first season with Aston Martin, with which he raised his list of ‘draws’ in the premier category to 106.
“I don’t think I gave a perfect lap in Q3 and, when you see that I was only two tenths off the pole, it annoys you a little,” said the brilliant Asturian driver, also World Endurance Champion (WEC), category in which he achieved, among others, two victories in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans (France).
“In general terms, the car felt a little better this weekend; and tomorrow we will see how we manage the tires and the pace, given that we have not been able to do many long runs in the dry,” said Fernando this Saturday at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.
“If it rains tomorrow, it could be decided by very fine margins and by whoever changes tires at the right time; so we have to be prepared for anything,” said Alonso after finishing sixth in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.
