Alonso solely certified nineteenth after being known as to the pits as a result of an issue along with his automobile on the finish of the session, when the observe was at its quickest and Alonso’s Aston Martin was all the way down to the optimum quantity of gasoline.
His qualifying woes adopted a crash in FP3 at Rivazza, which meant his Aston Martin mechanics needed to pull out all of the stops to get the Spaniard’s automobile repaired in time.
However as Alonso confronted a back-of-the-grid begin anyway, the crew has now opted to make modifications to the suspension set-up, breaching parc ferme guidelines and consigning the two-time world champion to a pitlane begin.
Alonso hinted after his botched qualifying session {that a} pitlane begin won’t be such a nasty concept.
Aston Martin introduced a raft of automobile upgrades to Imola that it must additional discover. As well as, the observe’s slender funnel in the direction of Tamburello may trigger chaos in the beginning, which the two-time world champion can now keep away from.
“If we begin from the pit, there are additionally some advantages as effectively,” Alonso mentioned.
“We noticed the crash in F2 in the beginning as effectively. We have to keep away from these sorts of issues for the amount of components that now we have on System 1 groups. So yeah, it could possibly be an choice.”
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Alonso feels factors are unlikely to be on the desk given how troublesome it’s to overhaul round Imola, and strategic choices seem restricted in an anticipated one-stopper race.
“Factors are a bit of bit unrealistic,” Alonso added. “Let’s have a look at. I feel Imola is among the worst locations to start out on the again.
“I feel it is the second most troublesome circuit to overhaul simply behind Monaco. Singapore ranks simpler than Imola to overhaul, in order that tells every little thing.
“It will be a troublesome race, however we should always be capable of study one thing concerning the package deal as effectively.”
Staff-mate Lance Stroll did not fare a lot better after qualifying thirteenth, indicating that Aston’s Imola package deal wasn’t sufficient to maintain up with the groups round it within the midfield.
