Fernando Alonso attended the media after his great career in Singapore. The Spanish driver was very satisfied with eighth place after a weekend that did not start in the best way. “Good. Four more points than we deserved here, because we didn’t deserve to be there at all,” said the two-time world champion after the race. But at the same time, the 14th said that they need to find several tenths if they want to continue fighting for the points.
Aston Martin They are one of the worst teams on the grid at the moment, but now there is a break where they will work to return to being the fifth team on the grid. For this, Fernando Alonso assured that «We need new pieces and find three or four tenths to be able to lead that middle group. When we don’t have the car we have to fight to get points. “We are fine and everyone here is more tired than me,” he said.
On the fact that it is the first race in the history of this circuit that the Safety Car does not come out and that has caused Fernando Alonso to have to do with what he had: «It is one of the first times that the Safety Car does not come out here in Singapore . He hasn’t helped us and we have had to give up the entire race. Very physical, very hard for the tires. We did the first half behind Nico Hulkenberg to put pressure on him. By stopping a few laps before we managed to overtake him.
But the Asturian is clear that if they want to continue getting points they have to raise the level, because they have managed to score points in these two races as it is an urban track: “We suffered a lot this weekend and we have to raise the level in the next races if we want to get points. We have taken points in Baku and Singapore because they were urban circuits. When we get to a normal circuit, with normal performance, we don’t have the pace to take points and we have to raise the level.
«All the rankings we have in the team, we are the eighth team. We had to be there on the 15th. Speaking with Nico Hulkenberg he told me that they are the fifth team. If you talk to Williams they tell you that they are the fifth team. What is clear is that we are not the fifth team and we have done two good performances in the last races, but we do not have the benefits that they have and we have to improve,” commented Alonso.
On this circuit it is quite difficult to overtake and Alonso used strategy to overtake Hulkenberg: «It was difficult to overtake, as always on urban circuits, and it was a game of keeping the wheels in tune. They are interesting races because they are very tactical, you have to know when to shoot and when not, stop. we made a undercut Nico stopping earlier and we managed to overtake himso happy with the strategy.
The Asturian acknowledged that they are going into the break with a good taste in their mouths for having achieved points: «We had a good start, time and strategy. We leave behind Nico and end up in front of him. We have managed the tires and brakes well. We were afraid of the brakes overheating. Finishing the race always means success. “We got points and we go into this break with a good taste in our mouths.”
