“It caught me by surprise” - Why there’s more to come from Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin
Alonso enjoyed an incredible first weekend with Aston Martin as he finished behind the two Red Bulls to record his 99th careꦑer podium finish.
During the 57-lap race, Alonso was involved in a number of intense battles, including one with former McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso used th♔e DRS to get past Hamilton into Turn 4, but suffered with some▨ oversteer on corner entry, meaning he lost out to the Mercedes driver.
He later got past the seven-time ch𒉰ampion with an opportunistic overtake into Turn 10.
Speaking to Sky after the race, Alonso admitted he still needs to adapt to ꦏAston M༒artin’s power steering assistance.
“I think it was still [caused by the] slowing down,” he said. “I stiౠll need to get used to the power assistance and thi🀅ngs on this car.
“It’s a bit different compared to Alpine, so it caught me by ꧙surprise, to be honest.”
It’s the first time in the hybrid era that Alonso has driven with Mercedes engines, having already used Hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚonda, Renault and Ferrari with h💟is previous teams.
He do🦋esn’t think the Mercedes power unit was a factor in his oversteer moment at Turn 4.
“Power unit-wise, I don’t think ther🐠e is much in it,” heꦚ added.
“But the car itself and the front suspension geometry is always different between cars. So, you have different feedback from the front grip on your hands oಞn the steering wheel.
“At that kind of moment,൲ I am sure I need more time on track and in this car🍌.”
Pressed on the reason for his slide: “I think we know what is causing that, but I will keep it foဣr me. We'🍰re still working. As I said, the car is very new. We need to learn more about the car; I need to get used to the car.
“So those moments were more coming from me getting used to the car, getting used to 🐓the driving input, feedback from the steering wheel and power assistance.
“So, things are not 100% tailor-made yet.”
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