2023-06-05 03:41:17
Fernando Alonso admitted that his Aston Martin team simply had “no speed” to challenge for a higher position in their home Spanish GP.
Due to two mistakes in qualifying, Alonso could only start from eighth in front of his hometown crowd, but he only improved one place to finish seventh, just behind teammate Lance Stroll, which is his Since the start of the season, he failed to make it to the podium for the second time.
Speaking about his home race, the Spanish veteran pointed out: “We don’t have speed, that’s the biggest problem. It’s not about our bad luck or strategic differences, I think we are slow compared to the Mercedes team, no matter what. Whether it’s on the soft or the hard tyre, we’re slower.”
“We can only focus on dealing with the Alpine and AlphaTauri drivers and keeping up with the Ferrari drivers. In the end we got more points than Ferrari this weekend because they only got points for Carlos and lost some points to Mercedes. , but they did play better this weekend, so let’s try again in the next game.”
Asked whether his team’s condition had something to do with the track’s characteristics, or with the upgrades introduced by the opponent, Alonso admitted that both had an impact, saying: “I don’t think this is the best venue for our car.”
“From FP1, our setup didn’t match our predictions, so we spent a lot of time over the weekend getting the car to meet our expectations, which is a new situation for us. Because this year we always We were able to be happy with the setup in FP1 from the start, and here we had to work a little more.”
“As for the upgrades of the other teams, I think they haven’t shown their full potential on street circuits like Monaco and Miami, so here we can see that they might be a little bit stronger today. But I’m not worried, There are going to be times when you’re better or worse, and we’ll have a chance in Canada.”
Asked by Motorsport.com if the race at Barcelona-Catalunya was a reality check after their streak of success, the two-time world champions said: “No, I don’t think so. I think in two weeks After that we will see a completely different scenario and hopefully we will soon be able to compete with Red Bull.”
He went on to add: “I needed to do a good qualifying performance, I regretted my mistake yesterday and I thought all night that if I could go back to qualify and do it again, it might be different. But back in the day! I can’t do that yet, so right now I can only think about the race in Canada, and I’m going to use that energy to have a good race weekend there.”
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