On Sunday, in the classic race, he will start sixth, his worst position this season, despite the instability of the DRS of his Aston Martin
All Formula 1 street circuits have a handful of accidents for drivers who slip up, but there are possibly none as dangerous as Bak. He is very fast, full of straights, and at the same time he hardly has any escapes. Always deep between two walls. Too much risk. And despite this, it is precisely here, in such a curious place, where Formula 1 has decided to organize the first sprint race of the season. That catchphrase, anything can happen, is true this time.
This Saturday (3:30 p.m.) the short test will be pure chance and on Sunday (1:00 p.m.) the safety car will surely appear, some red flag… That is why it was important to save the furniture this Friday and Fernando Alonso I got it. So far, everything had been correct, not a failure, not a problem, and at the first question the Spaniard responded reliably. In the classic race on Sunday [la parrilla de la prueba sprint se decide el mismo sbado] he will start sixth despite the fact that the DRS system of his Aston Martin was not working as it should.
It was his worst qualifying this season, it was almost the best possible ranking. She if anything she could snatch fifth place from lewis hamilton. But ahead, with or without DRS, the fight was impossible. As has happened in other seasons, on such a fast circuit the Ferraris dominate thanks to his top speed and Charles Leclerc took his third consecutive pole position in the place. max verstappen and Czech Prez they could not take away his honor and will leave right behind him with Carlos Sainzroom.
“It’s the DRS, it comes and goes, it comes and goes,” he said on the radio. Lance Stroll, Alonso’s partner, to the disappointment of his mechanics. At Bak Aston Martin introduces a new rear wing for both of its cars and this seems effective in improving speed, but causes some bugs. In the first and only free practice in Azerbaijan, both Alonso and Stroll already observed that their DRS suffered intermittencies and when it came to qualifying they fell behind. Stroll actually finished eighth behind Lando Norris and his McLaren.
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