Alonso P17, Stroll P18 in Sprint, P19 and P21 in Qualifying
Shanghai International CircuitRound 2 of the season, the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Race and Qualifying took place at Shanghai International Circuit.
The 19-lap Sprint race, which started at 11:00 local time, took place under sunny skies with an air temperature of 14°C and a track temperature of 13°C. Fernando Alonso started from P18 on hard tyres and gained one position amid the fiercely contested opening-lap battles. When the Safety Car was deployed on lap 14, he stayed out and briefly moved up to P13. However, after the restart he was unable to hold off rivals on soft tyres in the final three laps and finished P17.
Lance Stroll started from P19 on medium tyres and made a strong start, briefly moving up to P16 during the opening lap. When the Safety Car was deployed on lap 13, he opted to switch to used medium tyres. However, with several rivals changing to soft tyres, he ultimately finished P18.
Qualifying, which began at 15:00 local time, was also held under sunny conditions, with the air temperature rising to 18°C and the track temperature reaching 30°C. Alonso recorded a best lap of 1:35.203 to finish P19, while Stroll set a time of 1:35.995 and qualified P21.
I felt like I got everything out of the car in that Qualifying session and I think it was the best that we could manage. It was a trouble-free day for us and we did everything we wanted to do in our programme, but we are simply lacking performance. We will aim to finish the race tomorrow and try to learn more about this package in racing conditions.
I felt like I got everything out of the car in that Qualifying session and I think it was the best that we could manage. It was a trouble-free day for us and we did everything we wanted to do in our programme, but we are simply lacking performance. We will aim to finish the race tomorrow and try to learn more about this package in racing conditions.
A challenging Qualifying session for me today. I struggled with the balance, suffering with understeer and rear wheel locking which makes the car unpredictable to drive. We need to look at the data to see where we can improve. We are learning with each lap and need to continue building mileage and understanding of this car to get on top of some of the challenges we face.
A challenging Qualifying session for me today. I struggled with the balance, suffering with understeer and rear wheel locking which makes the car unpredictable to drive. We need to look at the data to see where we can improve. We are learning with each lap and need to continue building mileage and understanding of this car to get on top of some of the challenges we face.
Both cars have done more laps here in Shanghai, but we were not able to progress beyond Q1. We continue learning and building our knowledge about this car, which will help us find more performance for the races to come. Both cars have run reliably today and given us important data, but the car is not easy to drive, so we will regroup tonight to see where we can make improvements going forward.
Both cars have done more laps here in Shanghai, but we were not able to progress beyond Q1. We continue learning and building our knowledge about this car, which will help us find more performance for the races to come. Both cars have run reliably today and given us important data, but the car is not easy to drive, so we will regroup tonight to see where we can make improvements going forward.
Yesterday we had a smooth session in free practice where we could build up mileage and gather a lot of information. That helped us to optimise our data for the Sprint and qualifying today. We also covered the full distance in the Sprint race, which shows that we are heading in the right direction. That is a good point for Honda to increase our reliability, and we will keep working hard to continue to improve it. We are seeing good progress.As we have mentioned, we introduced new countermeasures to reduce battery vibration in Melbourne, and we ran about 300-400 kilometres in round one. Then we put additional mileage on here in China so that has built up our confidence a bit.For tomorrow, we have another 300 kilometres to run, and our target is to complete the full race distance to confirm that our countermeasures work well. Every single lap is important for Honda and Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team.
Yesterday we had a smooth session in free practice where we could build up mileage and gather a lot of information. That helped us to optimise our data for the Sprint and qualifying today. We also covered the full distance in the Sprint race, which shows that we are heading in the right direction. That is a good point for Honda to increase our reliability, and we will keep working hard to continue to improve it. We are seeing good progress.As we have mentioned, we introduced new countermeasures to reduce battery vibration in Melbourne, and we ran about 300-400 kilometres in round one. Then we put additional mileage on here in China so that has built up our confidence a bit.For tomorrow, we have another 300 kilometres to run, and our target is to complete the full race distance to confirm that our countermeasures work well. Every single lap is important for Honda and Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team.
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