Alfa Romeo’s best result in the Interlagos sprint on Saturday was seventeenth place for Guanyu Zhou. On Sunday, the Chinese driver will start last and after the sprint he made it clear that the team is ready to break the parc ferme regime and start from the pit lane to change the car’s settings to settings that allow an increase in speed will yield. speed in the race.
His teammate Valtteri Bottas lost five positions from the start and finished nineteenth. The Finnish driver complained about overheated tires.
Guanyu Zhou (17th): “Overall we looked good and competed with the competitors who started next to us, but the speed was not high enough to qualify for a top ten spot. Unfortunately I got stuck on the DRS train, but closer to the finish I was able to make up one place.
Let’s see what we can do in the race. There are many different options if we start from last place. The most important thing is to get the most out of the car we have at our disposal, but unfortunately the weekend was very difficult for us. But together with the team we will see tomorrow what we can do to improve.”
Valtteri Bottas (19th): “I heard that Alex Albon complained during the sprint that oil was being splashed at him from my car. We’ll see what could be going on. I don’t know if this is related, but closer to the finish my pace dropped noticeably.
Apparently the lack of speed is due to the characteristics of the track. The car slid heavily in corners, causing the tires to overheat. I really hope that the race will be held in cooler conditions, which will make it easier for us to work with the tires.”
Source: F1 News
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