The pains in Austria were repeated at Silverstone, another high-speed cornering circuit that also suffocated Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso I was expecting a defensive race and had to work hard to finish seventh and minimize damage.Better times await, in search of regularity that holds him third in the World Cup. The disappointment of Asturian, who took the podium six times in the first races, is obvious.
Alonso, who could only be ninth in qualifying on Saturday, won two places with a good start, but the lack of speed in his Aston Martin was evident from the start when Hamilton overtook him by a large speed difference. But this time, Luck was on his side and the start of a safety car allowed him to finish seventh.Above expectations, as he admitted after the race in Great Britain.
“We were slow in all sessions all weekend and it was no different in the race. We lacked rhythm at first with Gasly, and at the end with Checo and Albon.”, lamented Fernando, resigned.
“The start of the safety car helped us, and then we tried to hold the position. We lost in the end, we asked Checo, who was going very fast with Red Bull, and I think seventh place is more than what the car allowed today,” he said.
“Other teams like Ferrari flew here and eventually finished ninth and tenth.“This is what we need to avoid, recognizing that Aston Martin has a lot of work ahead of him if he is to regain his advantage against increasingly powerful rivals and before McLaren hits the game board.”
Alonso does not attribute Aston Martin’s retreat to any single factor:Probably a little bit of everything. Others have improved, some teams have made significant improvements recently. Also circuit, for the package at hand this is not one of the best for us. It’s also the first time we have this new structure in tires and we need to look into it. But we saved a very difficult weekend and I hope we can be competitive again in Hungary”, he confirmed.
The two-time champion is, along with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, the only driver to score points in every race and hope to reach one of the available tracks, the Hungaroring, within two weeks, where he has won the World Championship’s first victory. In F1 (2003) and where Aston Martin should be better in slow corners.
“I’m not interested in the development of the car, it will be better or worse depending on the track. We can’t stress whether we are seventh or not always on the podium. We have to be pragmatic and relax with our performance. McLarens They were very fast here but they are down a lot in the championship, we have to have enough pace to maintain the gap. It’s going to be hard for everyone to have big advantages this year, except Red Bull.. Things will be tight with Mercedes and Ferrari until the end”, ditch.