“We are ahead of Ferrari, who unexpectedly came from Monaco to win the world championship”

ORn step forward. After two unsuccessful classifications Fernando Alonso once again shone in the Aston Martin, which performed well over the weekend in Canada. Sixth position will allow him to score good points in tomorrow’s race. However, the session was very difficult.

“It was difficult because we brought quite a lot of changes from FP3 into the time trial. We took some risks in terms of setup and the time trial was difficult because it rained, it stopped raining, you never know the condition of the track,” he explained. Alonso after qualifying from Montreal.

Grill more equal than ever and this makes sixth place very good for Aston Martin: “Everything is so tight that with tenth you can stay outside Q1, Q2 and now in Q3 everything can change. Happy with the result, sixth place “After the last few races we were significantly behind,” continued Fernando, assessing his position on the grid for tomorrow.

“Seeing myself two-tenths off pole and the way the car behaved a little bit in that session and the way the lap went, I think we’d be close, wouldn’t we? If everything was in its place,” he added, saying that If they were in control, they could be fighting for pole.

Race

“Well, let’s see. I think that, as I said, we are still in a bit of an experimental phase to change the path a little bit that we lost in these last races. Therefore, we will try to run the race without mistakes. The rain could come at any moment, so we need to always be careful what tires we put on, have a good start and see,” assured “14”, who seems to be looking forward to the rain as things get tighter.

In front of Ferrari

But the sixth is a good result, seeing that they are ahead of teams that were very strong: “But hey, we’re in front of good people, aren’t we? Before Perez, before the two Ferraris who suddenly came to win the World Cup after Monaco and all this. So, we are gradually moving towards doing our best, but we still have a long way to go, and these two-tenths today hurt a little more,” he concluded, aware that he was very close to the first position.