In only his second race after returning to F1, Alonso finishes 10th at the Emilia Romagna GP
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Former world champion Fernando Alonso reckoned that he is feeling “300% better” with the Alpine F1 car after an action-packed Emilia Romagna GP at Imola. A lot of events happened in the race, from changing conditions to a red flag. At the end of the Grand Prix in Imola, Alonso was classified tenth following Kimi Raikkonen’s penalty. It was a positive outing for the Spaniard after his race was abruptly ended midway through season’s first GP in Bahrain.
Alonso looked at the thrilling race as a great learning opportunity. “It’s been a triple experience because from the first lap to the last the conditions were constantly changing and the grip was also constantly different. We had a red flag, a standing start and a rolling start,” he added.
“There were lots of things we could practice and lots of scenarios that you would normally only experience after four or five races. All of that was put together in one race with a lot of events. There are a lot of lessons to be learned. For my feeling, I have 300 percent more confidence in the car now.”
The two-time world champion feels his confidence is still not at the same level as it was in 2018 when he drove his last full GP. “The confidence is not back yet in Portimao. That’s not something that just changes. A race like Imola does help a lot because you start to understand the car in different conditions and because of that you learn a lot more than in a normal race.”
Alonso is not giving any excuses for his performance and insists that he needs to do better. “I’ve changed teams many times, I even changed category in motorsport many times and there is always that period of adaptation,” said Alonso.
“But there has never been an excuse and it’s not going to be an excuse now. I should be better. I was not at the right level this weekend, but I will be in Portimao,” he added.
