On Friday of free practice of the Miami Grand Prix he presented a two-sided performance for theAlpine, protagonist of a decisive leap in quality between PL1 and PL2. During the first session – which began with an unsafe release by Esteban Ocon again to the detriment of a Mercedes, as had happened in Imola – both drivers of the Anglo-French house had not managed to enter the top 10, a goal later achieved by both in the next round.
In this case, the same Ocon concluded with the 9th time behind a brilliant Fernando Alonsodetermined to redeem himself from the recent misfortunes in the race with a fifth place obtained. On a day characterized by various suspensions and mistakes made by various drivers on the new Miami track, the Spaniard was one of the few to complete Friday practice sessions without any particular problems, thus applying for a promising qualifying: “It was a good day for us, during which we learned the circuit by making laps on the real track after a work on the simulator. – commented the bi-world champion – of course there are always differences, so today it was important to understand everything quickly. It’s an interesting track to drive, and I think it does we had a clean friday. There is however a lot of data to be analyzed now, and it can be seen that there is a lot of potential for everyone to extract. We have to keep tuning the car – he added – also because we look fast this weekend, and I believe that we are in a good position, which is why I remain optimistic“.
Good feelings also expressed by Or withwith the French also charged up for the rest of the weekend after having experienced the track with positive and encouraging results: “After waiting for so long, it’s great to finally be on track to be able to test everything concretely – number 31 explained – for us it was a good learning day on what is a brand new track for everyone. We had a first taste of how the machine would have behaved in the simulator, but, of course, with the new feedback we can now begin to delve into various data collected. The car looks competitive and is moving in the right direction, which is good news, but Saturday and Sunday are the days that matter. There is still a lot to do “.
Today the teams and drivers will be back on track at 19:00 Italian time for the third free practice session, at 22:00 the Qualifications. The chances of rain are 25%.
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