Fernando Alonso finished eleventh in the Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Only one points position. A real miracle given the performance of the Aston Martin this weekend. And his boss, Mike Krackadmitted feeling “frustration” at remaining so close to tenth place.
“Frustration, at the end of the day we thought we were better than expected, and that is perhaps the most positive of all of this,” said Mike Krack after the races in statements to ‘Motorsport’.
It was a “positive” Sunday thanks to Fernando’s result: “We think we were able to get some positive things out of it. It would have been nice to add this point, but we had to push the tires too hard, and in the end we found ourselves without them, there wasn’t much more we could do. »
“At the meeting, Fernando said he didn’t know what other sets of tires could doand I started with the softest compound,” he emphasizes.
Strategy was essential. He started with the soft ones and ended with the hard ones. Unlike the others: “We were sure we wouldn’t get very far, and we saw that many people endured much longer with the media.” He had to change tires after five laps.
“It helped us gain positions,” concludes Mike Krack. Qatar is the following quote. A circuit which is not at all good for the characteristics of the Aston Martin.
