Fernando Alonso reckons Charles Leclerc “got lucky” with third in F1's AzerbaijanGP as a “tricky” weekend for Aston Martin was only marginally slower than Ferrari ‘perfection’. Here's what he said after the race ⬇️
“It held on quite OK and also [there] was some clouds at the end so track temperature was dropping.“On a normal hot race, I think they will struggle a little bit more. Today was good for them but Miami [next race, humid conditions] is going to be different.”Motorsport Images
Alonso also took aim at his former employer for its Azerbaijan performance, saying that a difficult weekend for Aston Martin - owed to intermittent DRS failure and compromised car set-up - was only marginally slower than Ferrari perfection. He continued: “The summary of the weekend is that Aston had a tricky Baku weekend with the DRS problems and the set-up.“Ferrari, they had a perfect weekend: pole position for the main race, pole position in the sprint race, super-fast car. They were just 1s from the Astons so overall we have to be happy.”
Alonso drew attention in the race for flagging the benefits of a tweaked brake bias setting, instructing his race engineer to pass on the advice to team-mate
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