Fernando Alonso was on the verge of entering Q3 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice. The two-time champion could not hide his tremendous anger because Australian Daniel Ricciardo made his fastest lap difficult by snatching his position by 51 thousandths . The gestures of the Spaniard entering the finish line denoted that a meeting with the hot press was coming.
«We are not in Q3. You stay out for 12 thousandths, it hurts a little. We deserved Q3, we had more rhythm. I guess there will be some penalty tonight. If we manage to start from ninth, it will surely be a good race, “said Fernando Alonso, visibly upset that the pace of his Alpine was much better than what his eleventh position reflected.
“With the soft tire it was not bad for us, but I think that any tire we will not suffer too much. We have a car that takes care of the tires. Hopefully we can start a little better than from eleventh position because we deserve it. In the race we suffer a little more, but it is usually a difficult circuit to overtake, I think it will not change much, “analyzed the pilot, who knew that the stewards will analyze the incidents throughout the afternoon.
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With the car with the rear wing sporting the slogan, El Plan , Fernando Alonso expected better results than those seen in Abu Dhabi to date. The Spaniard, on this occasion, lacked the necessary luck to be in the front positions, although points should be his objective for a race where overtaking will not be easy.
