Except hecatomb of the rest or Asturian miracle, Fernando Alonso will not emerge victorious from the Spanish Grand Prix due to their poor performance in Qualifying. And the man from Oviedo is trying to be as optimistic as possible for the future with his team, but it is becoming more and more difficult for him.
And for someone as ambitious as him, having to settle for reaching the points zone is very painful. Yesterday in Montmeló, his car once again showed that he is far from the rest, finishing in 11th position, although The sanction three-position dragging Czech Perez since the previous race will allow him to start tenth.
In his last statements before the race, Fernando has continued to show his faith in Aston Martin, but he has also hinted at a deadline for everything to start changing: “I hope that before the summer holidays, but I think the team has understood a lot of what went right, what went wrong, not just this year, I think the second part of last year and this year, so, I think, like all teams, we have become more more extreme with development and cars are more critical to drive.
Faced with the short-term future, the Spanish driver is realistic: “But I think now we have understood some ideas that will bring performance. But yes, as I said, until the next three or four races, there’s some pain to go through.”
The five races that Formula 1 plans to hold in six weeks could determine his future in the World Championship and in the British team. And despite the arguments he has right now on the track, he believes that they need to refine more: “We have been testing some different configurations. I think that in these long corners the cars behave differently, I think our car behaved very different in Bahrain. And after the first improvement packages we have introduced, we have changed the characteristics of the car a little. So we can mitigate that a little bit with the settings, and I think we’re understanding it more and more, but when you understand the improvement package, the next one comes along, and resets everything. But like I said, now I think we have… we have a plan. Let’s see if it contributes to improving the results. “But we have more confidence than in previous months.”
And his confidence in Aston Martin is such that it sometimes seems blind, although the Asturian explains it in his own way: “I think it is a better understanding of the car. We cannot forget that this is the first car that the new technical team made last yearand I think we’ve been trying to add performance to the car.
Of course, from his point of view, touching the car does not always mean improving it: “Sometimes we didn’t add much and just made the car a little more difficult and complicated to drive. And this is what they’ve been working on for a year and a half together. So you know, everything is still falling into place, at the top level and I think we are now in a strong position for the future. So I’m very relaxed, but the present is what matters in racing. “And the present is today, the present is Barcelona, and obviously it is painful, but I am relaxed because of the performance.”
