There are no favorable winds blowing for Fernando Alonso this season that concludes in Formula 1. In the Las Vegas GP, the penultimate event on the calendar, the Asturian driver took 17th position for this Sunday’s race (7:00 Spanish time), that is , his second worst classification of the course. The Aston Martin driver is already thinking more about next year than about the possibility of reversing the trend in the next two races.
We have four or five grand prizes, being either the last team; Today we are 17th and 20th and more or less it is the position we expected”
“It was difficult, but we have also been slow all weekend. We have four or five grand prizes, being either the last team, or together with Sauber the ninth team. Today we are 17th and 20th and more or less it is the position we expected,” commented the Asturian into Dazn’s microphone.
Alonso made a failed attempt in Q1 that did not allow him to advance in the task, but he was aware that he was not going to progress much further: “Yes, in the last attempt I could not complete it, there were a couple of incidents in front of us that They caused a yellow flag, but even if I had been able to progress from Q1, I think I would have still finished 14th or 15th in Q2, and then in the race I would return to the position we deserve.”
In short, Fernando Alonso no longer expects anything from this Aston Martin in the final stretch of the season. “Now for us Q1 is ours pole and we have to risk everything there. But in that first lap when you get fifth, sixth, eighth… it’s because the others are a bit out of it,” he seemed resigned.
“They have been difficult months in which we have been uncompetitive and progress since we are also going to be uncompetitive in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. But we have to stay positive, continue trying things for the team and wait until March of next year to be in better condition,” he commented, already thinking about a more hopeful 2025.
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