Alonso: “It wasn’t an ideal day, but I’m optimistic”

Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine)double world champion formula oneThe eighth-fastest time in free practice at the 17th Singapore Grand Prix of the World Cup declared at the Marina Bay circuit this Friday that it was “not an ideal day” for him, but he was “optimistic. ‘ said. ” .

“It wasn’t an ideal day for us as we didn’t ride much in the first training session because we had a problem with the gearbox,” said the Asturian double world champion at Sunday’s race in F1. Raising the time record to 350, Finnish Kimi Raikkonen -Ferrari’s last world champion in 2007, who retired last year.

“Overall, the second free practice session was good. Today we were a little behind because we didn’t shoot, but I think we’re in a good position and I’m optimistic for tomorrow,” said Alonso. , 41, has his two victories in Singapore out of his 32 wins in Formula One. And the 2010 one, with Ferrari.

“The improvements to our car (new ground) seem to be yielding good results, but we will continue to analyze all the data tonight and tomorrow,” Efe said on Thursday from now until the end of the season. said the goal was for Alpine to do everything possible to maintain fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship and lead fifth-placed McLaren by 18 points.