Aston Martin has explained the extent of the damage Alonso had on his car's floor during SpanishGP qualifying. 'We were definitely quite sub-optimal with the car.'
Alonso's problems started when he ran wide onto the gravel at the final corner as he started his first lap in Q1 in Barcelona.
The team managed to gradually repair the floor during the gaps between sessions, but Alonso faced the additional challenge of not knowing quite how the car would behave each time he went out."It was opening the first lap in Q1," said performance director Tom McCullough."And he had a snap on the way in, whether it was a little damp patch, or probably pushing a bit hard. So it was just more of a low grip snap, the track not quite in good enough condition.
"It ripped off some of the vanes and winglets underneath as well. So yeah, we were definitely quite sub-optimal with the car." "And also, we have a group of people monitoring the data back at Mission Control able to tell us the overall load loss and aero balance loss as we're evolving through the sessions, which makes it really good for the race engineers to be able to adapt the flap angle and try to get a balance on the car."
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