Fernando Alonso Keeping the pulse of the Formula 1 World Cup and although he thinks Red Bull today is in another dimension, he trusts it. “The gap is slowly closing” throughout the season. The Spaniard, optimistic about the double-race weekend in Austria, recalls finishing almost a minute behind Verstappen in Barcelona, and less than 10 seconds behind in Canada two weeks later.
“We’ll have to wait until we race on different tracks, with different settings, to see how close we can get. For now, I think the difference is specific to each track.” The weekend in Canada was very good for us and I hope we can close the gap, yeahAlonso commented at a press conference this Thursday at the Red Bull-owned Spielberg circuit.
“We’ve had very different feelings in the last two races, so we’ll have to wait until tomorrow in practice to see how the car performs at this track and if we can be competitive. It’s the weekend in Canada because of the rain.” it was too short, we couldn’t test everything we wanted, it will be short here too, with just a few backups, but hopefully we can test a few things. We will try to squeeze more out of the improvement pack“Fernando insisted.
Alonso and Aston Martin’s target in Austria They regained second place in the constructors’ championship, which they left to Mercedes after the Spanish GP.When Asturian began his adventure with Lawrence Stroll’s team earlier in the season, he stated that he did not expect either he or anyone at the Silverstone factory to be present with six podiums in the first eight races and six in the first eight races. Fernando is 9 points behind Checo Pérez, runner-up in the Drivers’ World Championship.
“The fight with Ferrari and Mercedes is more interesting for us. I think Red Bull is in their league this year. “It’s important for us to get good scores with both cars every weekend and try to keep up with our opponents, which is still hard for us to believe,” said Alonso.
On the eve of his second weekend in the sprint format this season, the two-time Spanish champion offered a change of approach to the FIA: “I think it’s ideal, sprint standing was just one lap. It can create some drama in case of weather changes. “It will focus television broadcasts on a single pilot and it will be good for the sponsors,” he said.