MADRID, 7 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) commented this Saturday that, “without so much ‘safety car'” due to the mishaps on the asphalt, he would have “passed to the Ferraris” during the Sprint race of the Qatar Grand Prix, the eighteenth round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
“Without so much ‘safety car’, I think we would have passed the Ferraris, who were in decline with the tyres. But all that ‘safety car’ was good for them in the end to add some points,” said Alonso from the Losail circuit. , before the DAZN microphones.
“But the real race is tomorrow. Adding two points today, three points, one point… doesn’t change much. And then, since we don’t know how many stops are going to be mandatory tomorrow, we had to save tires and we chose to save the yellow ones , because we didn’t trust the reds. We had to throw away one of the two races, and we threw away today’s race,” lamented the driver from Oviedo.
In this way, Alonso criticized a certain improvisation at the top of the World Championship. “It is never pleasant that they do not count on the drivers in these types of decisions. But hey, we will see today. They are going to cut the tires again and decide how many stops we go to.” tomorrow. These are things that should not happen in Formula 1, but I prefer not to talk anymore,” he complained.
Despite everything, the Asturian admitted to feeling “very optimistic” for the Sunday long race. “The car has always been among the top four or five in each session. As I say, in the Sprint Race without all the safety cars we would have finished fourth or fifth again,” he repeated.
“So tomorrow, starting fourth, I hope we can have a good Sunday. It is true that the McLarens start sixth and tenth, and they will surely catch up with us at some point in the race. But we will try to fight to finish in the top five and score good points” , concluded Alonso.