MADRID, 3 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (Alpine) has regretted the appearance of the car of the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) during his fast lap in Q2 of the qualifying session of the Dutch Grand Prix, which prevented him from improving his time when he was going ” half a second faster”, and has acknowledged that “it will cost work” to climb positions on Sunday in the race.
“This weekend the ’14’ has been very fast, now we came half a second faster until turn 9, when we found the Red Bull. It’s a shame not to be able to be in Q3 and take advantage of those benefits, but Zandvoort is a circuit very small, very narrow; we knew that the time trial was going to be difficult and we had a bit of traffic,” he commented on DAZN.
During Q2, the Spaniard ran into ‘Checo’ after a great first sector on the Dutch circuit and was unable to improve his time, which left him out of the ‘Top 10’ for access to the final Q3 and condemned him to start the appointment from thirteenth place, just behind his teammate in Alpine Esteban Ocon.
In addition, the two-time world champion warned that “the start will be crucial and the first round, too.” “We must try to recover positions and we will see the strategy, if we can have some clean air… It is a circuit in which the timing matters a lot, it is very difficult to overtake. We started a little behind, so it will take a bit of work tomorrow,” he finished.