Fernando Alonso: “We all know who we are talking about. And those who have felt touched by that comment, that tells you everything. I see things from the car that I cannot comment on here”

A few days have passed after the monumental anger of Fernando Alonso with Alex Albon due to the clash between the Thai and the Asturian in the first round of the United States GPa touch that prevented the Asturian from taking advantage of the good rhythm of his Aston Martin in Austin to aspire to more than possible points.

It seemed like a hot reaction. But this Thursday, in the hospitality of Aston Martinbefore the written press, reaffirmed and expanded his explanation.

It must be remembered that after Albon’s touch, Fernando said bluntly that “Albon forgot that turn 11 was there and he had to turn left” and that “we have to improve and start the race higher, because I think that in the last third of the grid the quality of the drivers is very low at the moment.”

And they asked him again about that statement, which has generated many opinions in the media and social networks.

“I don’t know if it is the last third of the grid, because then I have seen articles trying to choose the seven or eight drivers, and I am not referring specifically to the number of drivers. PBut I think we all know who we are talking about. And those who have felt touched by those comments, that tells you everything.“, he expressed in statements to the international press, as published by ‘Diario AS’.

“I still think the same thing, it was a mistake that didn’t need to be made and I still have a hard time understanding what opportunity Alex saw at that moment.”he said about the accident that Albon caused. “It’s not just Austin, I’ve been unlucky to be in that area of ​​the grid all season and I see things from the car that I can’t comment on here,” he said, biting his tongue.

“It’s the same over the years. The further back you are, the more difficult it is to drive the car. You have less grip and it’s more common to make mistakes because you don’t have an environment under control. The car is not comfortable, you make mistakes, but I don’t think that all the first lap incidents, the touches or the wings that fly off are necessary,” argued the man from Oviedo.

“Especially when you are not fighting for anything in the lower part of the grid and with a budget ceiling. But if the teams are happy with the cost and with the broken parts in each race, go ahead,” he argued according to ‘AS’.

Optimistic in Mexico

After Honda’s countermeasures worked in Austin and the turbo lag problems did not recur, and then of the promising pace that Fernando Alonso exhibited in Austin despite how damaged the car was and the good degradation of the tires, the Asturian hopes that the characteristics of the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome allow your car to perform well. Although he wanted to keep his feet on the ground and not look at the points.

“I think Mexico has always been difficult for us. But I think this year we arrived with a little more optimism”said of a track where Aston Martin has suffered many reliability problems in recent years. Mexico is a very complicated GP in that sense due to its altitude, which makes the air density lower and the cooling of many components very complex, regardless of how much the engine suffers in these conditions.

“Austin was a very competitive race for us and we think that perhaps the Mexico track could also be good for our car,” he argued.

“As for the power unit (Honda engine), we seem to be on the right track thanks to a couple of learnings in the last few races. Especially in Singapore we had a bad race in terms of results, but we drew good conclusions and we want to apply them here in the slow corners“, argument.

“So I see that “We are gaining momentum, and although I think scoring points is still a difficult goal, it could finally be a good Sunday in Mexico.”he concluded.