Fernando Alonso completed the lap in Zandvoort on foot with his engineers, a circuit in which he has never competed and which he met 24 hours before in the Milton Keynes simulator: “A difficult track, there is no room for error and the corners are high speed. The walls are close so it will be a very demanding weekend for anyone. F1s are not made for this inclination because of their soil construction (in reference to the camber of the last corner), we will learn things this weekend ”.
“We have to be optimistic this weekend. Realistic too, because even when we are optimistic our goal doesn’t change much, be on Saturday in Q3 and on Sunday in the points. If we compare this route it is similar to Budapest or Barcelona, in which the Alpine was doing well, “said the Spaniard at the FIA press conference about his team’s possibilities in the Netherlands.
Although the current issue, apart from the Spa fiasco that still rages, is the withdrawal of Raikkonen. The two-time Spanish champion will rather remind him of what he was on the track: “Always clean and respectful, also tough but old school, no tricks. In that sense I will miss him because you knew you could trust Kimi when you were riding. wheel, because he would never put you in danger. He was a clean opponent. ” On the personal level: “Not much, I don’t know him well enough to have an opinion. We know that Kimi is special, shy, I was his partner in 2014, at Ferrari, but that year we didn’t have the chance to get to know each other more than now. “” But there will always be twenty drivers, orders will change and at some point we will leave. It’s his decision, he has an amazing career and he enjoyed his time here. I wish him the best for the future, “concluded the Alpine rider.