Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin wants to research the variations between its final two performances to know why it had such surprisingly sturdy tempo within the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Aston Martin was uncompetitive in Belgium per week in the past however responded in spectacular fashion with each vehicles qualifying within the high six on the Hungaroring and racing to fifth and seventh. Alonso says the completely different observe traits alone don’t clarify the distinction in efficiency, and emphasised the necessity for the staff to realize an understanding of the improved competitiveness.
“It’s a shock, positively it’s a shock,” Alonso mentioned. “It is a good shock. The great factor is that we had been aggressive and we had been quick. The regarding factor is that we do not know why.
“In a means, we’d like this week on the manufacturing facility to research precisely what are the variations between Spa and Hungary, what are the variations on the automobile as nicely, on the setup, on the aero units that we had been racing with. Clearly, the primary theme for us was the entrance wing that was new this weekend. If that entrance wing provides us that a lot of efficiency, that is superb information, however I feel that must be understood in the mean time.”
Alonso says his fifth place behind the 2 McLarens, George Russell and Charles Leclerc was the optimum consequence that Aston Martin may have achieved on Sunday, after a robust begin led to him operating fourth for a spell earlier than being overtaken simply by Lando Norris.
“I feel it can’t go any higher than this. Clearly, somebody instructed me that the 2 McLarens had been very shut to one another at one level – that will be even higher, however it did not occur! However I feel we maximized the efficiency of the automobile in qualifying and within the race.
“There was not way more to do on our facet. The most important menace was [Max] Verstappen on the 2 stops, however then he had some site visitors and on the finish we had been a little bit bit extra relaxed.”
Alonso’s shock was matched by teammate Lance Stroll, who crossed the road two seconds behind sixth-placed Gabriel Bortoleto.
“It was an amazing day for the staff and a stable weekend from begin to end,” Stroll mentioned. “Heading into the summer time break with 16 factors is a giant uplift for us. However we’ve got heaps to study from this weekend as a result of we do not totally perceive why we had been extra aggressive right here.
“We have to be in a spot the place we are able to put the automobile in that window at extra tracks as a result of finally, we wish to be at this degree of competitiveness extra persistently.”
