2024 Aston Martin | Aramco F1 Team

[fouad1979]

Wow, 1.2 seconds faster that Q2 Sprint Quali.

Sometimes i dont understand how f1 is weird, 1.5 faster then yesterday with old parts

They qualified with mediums versus softs today.

No the car is better today, of course with the soft everybody go quicker, but like max et the bulls, the car has good handling today

[Nikosar]

He was very conservative through turns 10 and 11 on the 2nd lap in Q3. If he could have kept the first lap he would have pushed harder through there. Certainly left a 10th maybe 2 in that section.

We can see in the S3 that he stepped off the throttle a little compared VER who stays full throttle. Not sure if he was being conservative, but the instability of the car forced to leave the throttle a little to avoid losing the car or avoiding snaps.

Overall supreme qualy session

[jofs89]

Nice to finally see some signs of encouragement! Very good qualy from Alonso and the team compared to recent outings.

[SSJ4]

Im just gonna assume the new simulator helped cos we don’t normally improve that much from baseline weekend setup

[Sedaxel]

I know I sound like a broken record... But man, it's crazy how many here are continuously saying Alo has declined because of his age... Even when almost every trace proves he's still on top.

Someday someone will have to explain that.

En fin...

[jofs89]

I know I sound like a broken record... But man, it's crazy how many here are continuously saying Alo has declined because of his age... Even when almost every trace proves he's still on top.

Someday someone will have to explain that.

En fin...

I think maybe, as you say, it is time to just put this to bed. The truth is, we don't know if he has declined because of age, there is no objective way for us to know. It's all unsubstantiated speculation. What is clear is he is still operating at a very high level. Unfortunately, people can only seem to think of things in binary ways, he is probably a different driver to earlier in this career because he has probably had to adapt. Much like other sports people adapt their game as they get older.