Fernando Alonso has admitted that Aston Martin have to “regroup and get higher” forward of the ultimate triple header of the season, with the workforce having failed to attain factors throughout a difficult weekend on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix which additionally noticed an uncommon formation lap crash for Lance Stroll.
After ending on the rear of the pack throughout Saturday’s Dash, the squad’s prospects didn’t drastically enhance throughout a rescheduled qualifying session on Sunday morning as each Alonso and Stroll crashed out amid difficult climate situations.
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Whereas the workforce have been in a position to restore every automotive in time to start out the race, Stroll spun off throughout the formation lap and located himself beached within the gravel, leaving him unable to take part. Alonso, in the meantime, regarded heading in the right direction for factors till a large second on the closing restart dropped him to the again of the sphere.
The Spaniard managed to make up almost 20 seconds to catch Zhou Guanyu and take 14th place, however later admitted that the AMR24 had struggled in race type in comparison with its earlier efficiency in qualifying.
“It was a troublesome race,” stated Alonso. “The automotive was much less performing within the race than in qualifying, we modified a few elements after the crash and for positive it was not the identical anymore.
