“Let’s see what we can do on Sunday, we have a good starting position,” predicts Fernando, hopeful.
“Maybe there won’t be more rain, so maybe people will enjoy the sprint race more tomorrow with a sunny day,” he says.
Yes on Thursday, upon arrival in Brazil Fernando Alonso A ‘top five’ was set as a realistic objective to try to straighten the course and have a less traumatic end of the year, after two very complicated weekends in Austin and Mexico, the result of the ‘qualy’ in Brazil brings it closer to his eighth podium. It would undoubtedly be a plus for the morale of Aston Martin and Fernando himself, who as soon as he got out of his car vindicated the work of his team.
“This is a demonstration that we knew what we were doing, and I am happy,” he stressed. Alonso: “I hope we have a clean weekend, a good sprint race on Saturday and let’s see what we can do on Sunday, we have a good starting position,” said the Asturian.
The British team has not incorporated improvements, but has resorted to a mixture of components in its car, combining everything that had already worked for them and the elements of the last update that they introduced in Austin without success. The invention has taken effect with Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso in third and fourth position respectively on the grid.
“Maybe there won’t be more rain, so maybe people will enjoy the sprint race more tomorrow with a sunny day,” Alonso concluded, hopeful both for this Saturday’s sprint day and for the main race on Sunday.