After a flawless 16-race scoring streak that no team on the grid matches, Alpine now analyzes the double zero of the United States. They suffered with the potholes and some components were damaged that forced the removal of the two cars, but the pace that they showed in Russia and Turkey was not there either. Although the sensations are no longer so bad. Own Alonso, who abandoned four laps from the end in Austin, responded to AS: “I hope we find some answers, although in the race the car was more competitive and faster than Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin or even Tsunoda ”.
“We were not as fast in free practice as in the race and it was a good step forward, but not as good as in Sochi or Turkey. Probably, with the bumps, the suspension is very specific at this circuit and there is something we did not do well. . We will analyze it to get back to our best level in Mexico “, The Asturian points out the causes that limited the possibilities of the Enstone team last weekend. Ocon, who retired at the beginning, supports the thesis: “It is a particular track, very bumpy and rough. There are aspects we are working on.”
Engines and reliability
Alonso recently changed engines and will face the last five races of the year with a new power unit. The decision was tactical, they have no reliability problems, but it paid off to refresh the mechanics on a weekend with few aspirations. With Ocon, however, “there is no plan” to change and “it will be evaluated by comparing performance with reliability,” he clarifies. Marcin Budkowski, head of the factory. “We were not competitive, we were below our level because we are usually ahead of Tsunoda, and in Q3. We are working and we are reviewing it to prevent it in the future. “
Alpine is fifth in the team table with ten points ahead of Alpha Tauri. In certain circuits of the calendar with very particular asphalt, such as Monaco and Baku, it was a tendency for Red Bull to dominate Mercedes, for Ferrari to be closer than usual to the head and for the Alpine to get lost in the vulgarity. In Austin the three situations occurred again. But the prospects are good on less specific routes such as Mexico, Interlagos or Losail, that will set up an extreme triplet starting next week.
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