Formula 1 – Hungarian GP 2022: Fernando Alonso, satisfied with the Alps: ‘It was a productive Friday’

Fernando Alonso He arrived at Hungaroring on his birthday to dispute over The first two free training sessions on the weekend. In the first installment, the truth is that Alps He had a more discreet performance, testing with the steel frame and performing longer runs. Already in the afternoon, at the last session of the day, Alonso scored the sixth fastest. Although behind McLarenWhich is surprising, in fact, the French square is happy with this result.

“It was a fruitful Friday and We tried a few different things in terms of car setup‘Fernando assumed, after getting out of his car.’ The car was good and it was It is good to drive. We’ll see what we can do tomorrow.”

They were exactly what they expected with a look at Saturday Changes in the weather. The rain Almost sure to appear. The unknown is rather the intensity of this rain. Some are even speculating that the ratings may be delayed until Sunday morning.

expected until storms, which may make it more difficult to take the test in a timely manner. At the moment, it is still scheduled to be held in Saturday from four in the afternoon.

Alonso knows this, too. “The weather looks very choppy tomorrow and Sunday, so who knows what we’ll face, But we collected some good data and ran a smooth program in both sessions,” he says.

But not everything was working out on Friday for Fernando. Turn 41. Another celebration in Hungary. And the team wanted to give him a small gift. Give him a cake with candles in his presence Relatives As well as from alpine workers. Even the pilot himself gave a small word of thanks in front of the eyes of those present.

“I have to say too It was great to walk around Budapest on my birthday! “, Alonso finishes.

“We are competitive in wet areas”

In the first free session, Esteban Ocon finished one place ahead of Alonsoalthough he stayed away in the second, finishing center No. 13. However, the Frenchman also made a good assessment of Friday’s training sessions.

Although he pays special attention to the weather, just like everyone else, looks up at the sky with some trepidation, given how difficult it is to predict the weather in Budapest.

“lamRain here can make things interesting, so let’s see how it works and see what we can achieve.”points out Ocon, who won last year at Hungaroring.

On the other hand, Alpine Technical Director said, Pat Fry admits that the rain doesn’t frighten them either. “There’s a good chance it will rain tomorrow, Maybe to qualify, and we’ve already shown this year that we can compete in the wet areas. After that, we pay attention to Sunday, when conditions will be much cooler than today,” he points out regarding the expected changes.

“say what We are doing very well‘,” Fry assumes after evaluating the data collected in these two freestyle courses.