Alonso:
"As it sometimes happened last year, certain results are not valued. It's a fifth, normal, neither good nor bad, but I don't think it's where we should be. We should be ninth. With Carlos [Sainz] out because of the medical problem we got that position, and then Hamilton and Norris were out because of the safety car. The two McLarens and Mercedes couldn't stop at the same time, so they were left out. We made good use of that strategy."
"It was qualifying for me the whole race because George was relentless, I didn't want him to take the DRS because then you get into that game of not doing optimal laps, because you have to use the battery at different points so he doesn't overtake you and you lose a lot of time. I wanted to keep him behind by more than a second and they were very mentally demanding laps, I even touched the wall on one occasion. I'm very, very happy with the result. It was demanding and stressful, physically and mentally. I'm going to sleep well."
"We are missing three or four tenths of a second of evolution in the car, of bringing in improvements [parts] that will give us those three or four tenths. With that margin the races change direction and you have the pace they have. We are fifth, we were fifth in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and here. With one lap we managed to warm up the tyres and get them ready for qualifying, we've done well in these first two races, but then we're back to where we deserve to be. A bit behind McLaren and Mercedes. Maybe Ferrari and Red Bull are a step ahead of the others and that will be the hardest for us to catch."
"We have started well, positive. Both in Bahrain and here we were between eight tenths and one second quicker than last year. The 2024 car is clearly much better, but everyone has improved. Last year they finished very strong in the top four and have maintained that momentum of having good cars. But we have seen. Here we have had an evolution in the brake (air) intake, that has given us a little bit of a step up from Bahrain. In the next races we will continue to have things. Last year we didn't have this, I saw a very good Aston at the beginning of the year but until Canada we didn't put in a single new part. This year we will do the opposite, the car is good but it's just a base, we will change everything during the year like McLaren did in 2023."
Also de la Rosa says there are currently no plans for improvements to arrive in Australia.
, in race craft only person who can come closer to him is verstappen. Mclarens are looking very racy, new rear suspension can not be the reason for eating tires because mclaren is also using it or they build their own suspension ?. Aston can not let Alosno go else all money they are investing will go in drain, i just hope they can throw all in to make alonso WDC and next year Jr.Stroll can dream about it (100% cant win it)
