F1 – Austrian Grand Prix 2022: Reasons for Fernando Alonso’s optimism for the Alpine A522

Fernando Alonso He has tied five consecutive races into the points zone. he is called 26 out of 28 points It was achieved in the last dates. Alps The car has improved and we point out the data. in SilverstoneAstorian ended up completely satisfied. He achieved the valuable fifth place and was fighting with the best to the end.

Moreover, an encouraging fact was repeated. The French team made the fastest change of wheels in the race. again was with AlonsoHow The last time this season. The time was 2.43. Alpine takes fourth place (with 115 points) in a rating led, of course, by Red Bull (with 234 pixels). The energy drink team doesn’t usually fail in the “stops,” a department that can often be crucial. For example, at the British Grand Prix, it was seen how Mercedes failed Lewis Hamilton. The Seven Times Champion wasted valuable time in his struggle to break his dominance Ferrari In the race held on the British circuit.

Refer to the Alonso and the AlpsIn particular dazn He interviewed the coach of the Enstone team. Matt Harman In his speech, he highlighted how good it is for them to have someone as brilliant and expert as Fernando in their ranks.

“He is a very talented driver and we really enjoyed having him with us. Other than that, It’s very technical, and it gives us very good feedback, and analysis in the simulator. It helps us pre-correlate the data, so we really appreciate feedback.”

Harman highlights that the A522 is a competitive single-seater car, which has the potential to fight to be better than the rest. Now, Alpine is fifth in the Constructors with 67 points, six points behind McLaren (fourth in the standings). About the new regulation, We have taken a step forward in all areas of the carIn terms of power unit and in various aerodynamic aspects, especially within budget, which is very important not to be exceeded.”

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Finally, Harman admits that Alpine is on the right track with his car: “We are so excited. We worked on a specific area of ​​the car, you can see the improvements around the floor and the body… The car is good at high speed and we will try to improve it in other areas and features.“.