Fernando Alonso’s pessimistic statements about the next race

2023-11-16 09:53:42

Fernando Alonso is in a key moment to try to make a jump on the podium. Victory 33 is noted on the task sheet, but the sensations do not invite us to believe that it could be viable, at least in the short term. The Asturian spoke at an event about his objectives. “With the investment that has been made, they deserve a different treatment or extra show. That’s fine with me. But it could be balanced with a reduction elsewhere. The media commitments are very repetitive on Thursday, everyone wants to know what our opinion is about the track and on Thursday we won’t be able to say anything about that, because we haven’t driven yet. And then on Friday we don’t talk to the Press,” said Fernando about the excess of events.

Alonso also reviewed his most complicated defeats. “When we came to Las Vegas it was a vacation, to enjoy the city, and now we come to race. Although we also want to have fun, the two championships were decided a long time ago with Max (Verstappen) and Red Bull. After three races in a row in Austin, Mexico and Brazil it is good to have three tests to build the confidence that is needed on a street circuit. With a lot of desire, but not with a lot of pressure. Austin and Mexico were painful, but also very useful to understand next year’s car. We will see “how things are going, it will be a tough weekend with the long straights. But I hope we see better performance here and in Abu Dhabi,” he said.

Finally, the Asturian also wanted to review the importance of gaining confidence in the upcoming races. “It would be nice to win a race, especially the first one in a place like this, but it is unlikely to happen. I don’t think this track is one of our favorites because of the package we have. I don’t think Max is going to be more vulnerable here. It will be It is very important to have confidence. In addition, as there are no support races, the evolution of the track will be greater than usual. We will not have two identical laps in the weekend, each lap will be a little better than the previous one from Free Practice 1 to the last lap of the race. We will have to adapt to that constant change,” he concluded.