Fernando Alonso Celebrated the unexpected front row grille in Miami and even after failed tests of the car’s configuration this weekend and the response of the Aston Martin box to fix the initial problems. “I was not expecting”Fernando was recognized after qualifying.
“We gradually understood the new asphalt throughout the sessions. We had a little more margin in the third quarter, but I can’t complain about how it went in the end.”He added the Asturian driver, who will start in front of his compatriot Carlos Sainz, and then the Mexican driver. Czech Perez with the mighty Red Bull.
“I don’t think the goal is to win, especially with the way the weekend is going. Even the podium is tough. But we’re going to race, we didn’t expect to be here, and in these circumstances every lap is a gift.” Don’t tell them, but Checo always starts a bit cautiously, so we’ll keep catching him at the start and hopefully see if we can lead a few laps of the race, but we’re going to start off the dirty part.” Fernando is in front of DAZNm mics without hiding his good hopes for tomorrow’s race.
“Today is Sunday, the car is taking good care of the tires and we have great racing speed. But we have strong opposition behind us because Ferrari was very strong in Baku. and bring improvements to this great prize. And for sure Max will arrive at some point in the race”.
At the press conference in the pole position, he was happy that, after Sergio Pérez’s words, two Spaniards, Alonso and Sainz, were in the ‘top three’ with him. At the start in Miami, Fernando broke FIA protocol and addressed the media in his native language: “It’s a great day for all Spanish-speaking people to have a Mexican and two Spaniards ahead in qualifying for the first time in history. Alonso said, “The second most spoken word on the planet. “We are the language, millions of people speak Spanish, and we deserve to respond in Spanish.”
Finally, denying that Aston Martin is backing down from its competitors, Alonso said: “I entered the top 5 in all classifications except Baku. There was a concern here in free practice that we weren’t that competitive. We took risks in the first quarter and things went wrong for Lance. I’m still learning about the car, I think today was a good day but Max didn’t complete his lap and Charles had problems. We did the work in the third quarter and they’re paying us for it.”