Despite the difficulty of qualifying, which started on the wet and ended on the dry and resulted in several red flags ruining the fastest lap attempts, Fernando Alonso managed to get a very positive result at Zandvoort. The Asturias driver will start fifth in the Dutch GP qualifying and believes his chances will increase. I smiled at him in the first race this Sunday (3:00 p.m.) after the summer vacation.
“I’m happy but because of the rain the qualifying has turned into a nightmare once again, not knowing whether it’s dry or wet, used or new, which tires to put on, let’s see if the track is dry… as usual, the end we’re used to: when the road splits it dries up and only two meters of strip remain On dry ground, you have to move without moving left and right like Scalextric, and in dry times you move forward without any margin of error. That’s why starting fifth near the podium is the best news,” summed up Fernando.
“Adrenaline got me exhaustedit might look fun from home but on the inside it was something different, I need a rest”, admitted Alonso explaining his strategy. We took a risk putting dry tires in the quarter and two red flags jumped just before the finish line It was very stressful for us to reach the finish 30 seconds in no time.”
Compared to the last races, Alonso was stronger behind the wheel of the AMR23 and will start tomorrow with an advantage over the best. competitors in the teams and drivers championshipMercedes and Lewis Hamilton, who could not overcome the 2nd quarter gap, moved up to 13th place. Considering that the British driver is only one point behind World Championship third-placed Alonso, the situation looks positive for the Spanish driver.
Finally, Alonso confirmed that the improvements made to the tool worked. “I am satisfied with them, the developments have yielded the following results: they gave at the factory and the car is better. The tremendous work at the factory is admirable, because there were four races in July and everything was closing in August, so it was a great job.”