Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will begin Brazil’s dash race from the pitlane after making sweeping modifications to their Aston Martin F1 automobiles.
Alonso and Stroll each struggled for velocity in Friday’s dash qualifying, solely managing sixteenth and nineteenth respectively.
In response to the end result and in a need to additional hone in on their automobile set-up for the rest of the weekend, each Aston Martins have undergone modifications beneath parme situations, which suggests they’ve to begin from the pitlane.
The FIA doc specified that each the bodywork specification and the suspension set-up of Alonso’s and Stroll’s automobiles have been modified in a single day.
Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, who certified final, has additionally had his suspension set-up modified and can line up behind the 2 Astons at pit exit.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Pictures
Talking after qualifying, Alonso had already advised that he would deal with the 24-lap dash as a observe session, calling the race “ineffective” from his lowly grid place.
“The dash for us actually means nothing, as there are solely eight automobiles scoring factors,” the two-time world champion stated. “And even if you’re eighth or seventh, you rating one level or two. So simply the format would not reward something to be quick on Friday night time and Saturday.
“For us there’s far more deal with Sunday, in order that’s the way in which we deal with the dash weekends. A little bit bit ineffective till Saturday afternoon. And it is the case on this one as properly.”
Alonso defined set-up experiments following Friday’s sole observe session had additionally been one of many the explanation why the Aston Martin group’s qualifying session had been so low-key.
“We did not have the tempo in qualifying,” he stated. “We made some modifications additionally after FP1 that we knew had been possibly detrimental to the tempo of the automobile. However we needed to hold ourselves targeted on Sunday greater than Saturday, so for us, the dash is extra a free observe.”
