Three months ago there was a constant party in the Aston Martin garage. Fernando Alonso shined in every classification and finished the race only to be beaten by Red Bull.. He started from the front row up to three times, only to be overtaken by a terrific Max Verstappen, and it was the best moment of his sports career. What many say in Barcelona ‘soufflé’ started going down and the Spaniard had to settle for seventh place. And while it may seem like it’s ‘reviving’ in Canada where it finished second, the truth is that Aston Martin no longer delivers the consistency with which it started the season. at Silverstone, Ferdinand ninth will startHe is far from his goal in the home Grand Prix for his team: “We’ll have to come back to get all the points possible”, he admitted after another disappointing ‘qualification’.
“The fast cornering circuits don’t seem to be going well for us, but we are still fighting for the podium in Hungary and we are in confusion again. As in Austria, we took the podium with the best car on weekends and got good points when the car wasn’t at the top.. Fifth in the sprint and race. “Sixth, seventh, whatever, we’ll see if we can do that on Sunday, we have to stay calm and try to minimize the damage,” Alonso said.
Although in a positive tone, it is still alarming to read. aston martin Compete not only with Ferrari and Mercedes, but also with a humble team like McLaren, Alpine or even Williams. They are approaching to fight. “In Austria it was like everybody was flying too, but we got more points than them. That doesn’t mean we weren’t aware of our lack of performance today compared to the first five races, it’s obvious and we all see it.” .But we’re working on it. The World Cup is not a race, our focus is on the long term“Fernando stressed.
“Sundays are our strong point, I’m sure we can come back tomorrow but I don’t know if we finish in the top five or go backwards. We have ten Grand Prix and ten races in the third quarter.. “I would have signed it before I started,” he said.
Regarding Great Britain’s performance in the ‘qualifiers’. Alonso said: “I lost a tenth of a second in Turn seven. Because during the time trial they told me that everybody turned that turn in. I had a lot of understeers and I drove longer, I did more meters but more stability. In Q3 I I tried to do it inside like everyone else. But I got whipped. Then when I saw the time maybe we could beat Alex Albon. Eighth was the best, but the top seven were out of reach. That’s where we were supposed to be. Our competitors are doing very well, they have brought improvements. “We did a great job in the first nine races and we’ll see who is better in the next 11 races.”
“The track is different from its predecessors, with many fast corners. We also had problems with circuits with similar characteristics in Barcelona and Austria.. We are slowly discovering the weak spots in our tool that we are trying to improve. But the championship is 22 races, not the Silverstone world championship, so we will assess the situation at the end of the year.”