Fernando Alonso described the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix because the “most boring race ever” after ending within the lowest place he ever has in his profession.
The Aston Martin driver completed nineteenth. He has solely positioned that low in a race as soon as earlier than, in Mexico two years in the past, although on that event he was categorized regardless of his automotive stopping within the closing levels.
He certified nineteenth however Aston Martin determined to make adjustments to his automotive’s set-up which meant he needed to begin from the pits. That left Alonso hoping for some form of disruption within the race which might convey him into rivalry, however none got here.
“It’s that form of weekend the place it’s a bit of bit irritating that on the race you recognize kind of what’s going to occur,” he informed the official F1 channel.
“You clearly hope for some Security Automobiles or purple flags or one thing that may combine a bit of bit the race. However, at this time as common after we begin on the again at zero, essentially the most boring race ever.”
Aston Martin launched a big improve to its AMR24 this weekend. After Alonso didn’t progress past Q1 they took the chance to differ the set-ups between his automotive and that of group mate Lance Stroll.
Alonso expects that can give them helpful info for the approaching races. “We have to wait and see all the information that we’ve gathered at this time and ask the group what they noticed distinction between the 2 vehicles,” he mentioned.
“We opted for 2 set-ups, completely different on my automotive, and let’s see if we discover our course for the following few races.
“It was a troublesome weekend. Clearly, qualifying dictates the whole lot right here. Will probably be the identical in Monaco. So we have to try this excellent Saturday that clearly makes issues simpler for Sunday.”
Aston Martin group principal Mike Krack mentioned Alonso “performed the group recreation completely” by making an early pit cease to impress others to come back in and assist Stroll safe ninth place.
“Lance made his one-stop race work with an extended first stint, whereas Fernando’s early pit cease on lap eight helped draw a number of vehicles in for early stops,” mentioned Krack. “Lance was then capable of make sturdy overtakes into flip one on [Nico] Hulkenberg and [Yuki] Tsunoda to safe P9.
“It was not straightforward to overhaul, so it was nice to look at Lance making these strikes. It was at all times going to be troublesome for Fernando to progress to the factors after the troublesome qualifying, however he performed the group recreation completely.”
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