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Fernando Alonso has admitted he found the sprint qualifying session at the Chinese Grand Prix “quite stressful” with the changing conditions in Shanghai creating a delicate balancing act.on Friday to secure third on the grid – a place ahead of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull – for Saturday’s 19-lap sprint race at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Alonso has admitted the session made for a stressful experience, with the tyres improving with each lap as the track grip decreased.Mercedes to make a comeback? What the data predicts for China 2024“We made some progress in Q1 and Q2 – just, because we were P8 or P9 – so not super competitive in the dry.
With just one hour of practice ahead of sprint qualifying, Alonso has admitted he has no firm impression of how Aston Martin’s race pace is shaping up this weekend., allowing teams to finetune setups ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s main race, Alonso is hopeful the 19-lap mini race will point the team in the right direction.
“Not really a clear idea yet, but we will find out tomorrow,” he replied when asked about his potential race pace. “We have a lot of racing laps now this weekend, a sprint race tomorrow and obviously the main race on Sunday.Fernando Alonso shuts down ‘pointless’ Red Bull and Mercedes questionExtreme Fernando Alonso F1 weekend format idea comes to light on eve of Chinese GP
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