Aston Martin are "not in a position to score points"

Aston Martin are “not in a position to score points”

June 23, 2024

in Racing

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Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin want to just accept they’re now not competing for factors after dropping floor to their rivals in current races.

Two weeks after the crew scored its greatest results of the season in Canada, Alonso and crew mate Lance Stroll completed twelfth and 14th respectively in Spain.

“We didn’t have the tempo,” mentioned Alonso. “I believe Barcelona, on the finish, it places you within the tempo order. There’s nothing to cover, finally over 66 laps you find yourself within the place you deserve.

“In the present day we’re P12 and that is the utmost. The automotive was not nice the entire weekend, we confirmed it within the race as nicely a variety of sliding, particularly the high-speed corners, which clearly kills the tyres so that you get into a nasty spiral. In the long run, a tricky weekend.”

Alonso, who’s ninth within the drivers’ championship, was glad along with his qualifying efficiency on Saturday after taking tenth on the grid, which he mentioned was higher than he anticipated. Nonetheless he was unable to forestall Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg ending forward of him within the race, regardless of the latter being given a five-second time penalty.

This weekend’s race is the primary of three occasions on consecutive weekends at circuits with an analogous vary of mid-to-high pace corners. Aston Martin introduced some updates for its automotive this weekend however Alonso says the crew should make an even bigger step forwards quickly.

“I believe it’s going to be tough,” he mentioned. “We can not mislead ourselves, it’s the place we’re in the meanwhile. We’re not ready to attain factors.

“We’ve got to make a big step forwards, hopefully within the subsequent few races. I believe in Austria, in 5 days time, there’s not a lot coming to Spielberg, and Silverstone, so hopefully in Hungary or later we may have a step that helps us when it comes to efficiency. Now, we’re just a little bit down.”

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