Fernando Alonso expresses disappointment with Aston Martin’s Zandvoort result: ‘It is what it is’

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Fernando Alonso expresses disappointment with Aston Martin’s Zandvoort result: ‘It is what it is’

The Aston Martin case is the complete opposite of what is happening with the Ferrari team. While the Italians are unable to have good pace in qualifying and then maintain a pace very close to the lead in the race, the opposite is true for the Brits. Both AMR24s made it through Q3 easily, but once the race started the pace dropped off noticeably.

Away from the rhythm to get more points

From the very start of the race, Fernando Alonso was unable to create his usual magic on the Zandvoort circuit. He lost ground to Pierre Gasly, one of the most surprising drivers of the race, and after that his pace began to decline, as did his teammate, who dropped out of points.

While it is true that Hungary’s performance gave the team a boost in qualifying, The race pace is still far from both cars scoring points in every Grand Prix. Although Formula 1 is becoming more equal, Fernando Alonso says that is a more than ambitious target for the teams.

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«The goal today was to score points. We always fight for 9th and 10th places, Pierre did a better race than us, so out of two available positions we took one.— said the Aston Martin driver.

«But hey, it was a tough race. The pace was a bit weak again and I’m a bit disappointed that I couldn’t fight higher, especially from 7th place.“,” he continued.

«But it is, we are fighting with all teams little by little. We are in the midst of a battle for the middle table and we have to realize that.“, concluded Fernando Alonso.

So the Aston Martin driver ended a weekend of ups and downs in Zandvoort with a very good classification but again disappointing race pace.