Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Alp), double Formula 1 world champion, the seventh will begin At the French Grand Prix, the twelfth of the event, on the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet he said: “Being in Q3 (third and decisive qualifying round) is a good first step” although this market hopes to be “more competitive”.

“The truth is that I’m happy (in seventh place), because A rare weekend in terms of competition. At Silverstone or Austria we are faster than here; and that’s something that will have to analyze why,” commented the Asturian double world champion, achieving one of his 32 victories in France in 2005 – the year of his first title where he would reaffirm his next title. ).

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“McLaren and Alpha Tauri too lots of new parts and maybe a step forward. So being with everyone and in the third quarter is a good first step; But on Sunday I hope to be more competitive and closer to Lando (Norris, an Englishman from McLaren, will start fifth).” believes the work done by his team will pay off this SundayAfter not leaving completely satisfied with the eleventh time of the day on Friday, before repeating the seventh place in the time trial he occupied in the last free test.

Carlos Sainz, who finished fourth in the Formula 1 World Championship and was penalized for changing an engine, will be the nineteenthOn the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, he said he gave outstanding support and slides to his teammate Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who will start from the pole position. “great teamwork” and this sunday “time to come back”.

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“Maybe in terms of speed, this was the best weekend of the year, making the first yesterday Friday; and in the second quarter (second qualifying round), with a slight margin. There was potential for pole position this weekend, But now it’s time to punish and I think it worked. It’s been a good weekend so far; Sainz, 27, who is fourth in the World Cup with 133 points and is 75 short of the leader, said Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who will start second next to Leclerc this Sunday. , front row.

“We worked very well as a team today., as we do all year long; Something that isn’t already worth enough is how well we work as a team”, on TV channel Dazn this Saturday on talented driver Paul Ricard from Madrid, starting from the penultimate episode due to a penalty. Danish side Kevin Magnussen (Haas), with him sentenced for the same reason.