Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who will start second this Sunday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second leg of the World Cup, enthusiastically lauded his new success after taking the podium two weeks ago in Bahrain. This time the fight for pole position left a better taste in his mouth as it was Jeddah’s urban track, and it wasn’t the best fit for his specs on paper. aston martin. “It’s been a good weekend so far and it’s incredible to start from the front row,” he said after getting out of his car.
“Qualification was our weak spot in Bahrain,” said Alonso, who finished third but will start second on the grid due to the penalty given to Charles Leclerc. We went from first in free practice to fifth on the grid., but we went well for a tour today; Let’s see what we can do in the race tomorrow, the 41-year-old Asturian driver enjoying a kind of ‘second youth’ after finding a competitive car ten years after his 2013 Ferrari.
Highly motivated, Fernando raised expectations for the race: “Yesterday slightly affected by the long run traffic we did as a test; but that’s our strong point, so we have to do better tomorrow than today,” he insisted.