Alonso: “Red Bull is now exposed to mistakes”

Fernando Alonso believes Red Bull Racing is now exposed to the possibility of making more mistakes in the race thanks to the growing competitiveness of McLaren and Ferrari.

A pit stop error at the Silverstone Grand Prix prevented Sebastian Vettel from winning a race for the second time this year, and Alonso believes Red Bull Racing is no longer in as secure a position as it was at the start of the season. season .

“For sure it's not as easy as when they were one second ahead of everyone,” said Alonso, when asked by AUTOSPORT if he felt Red Bull Racing was now under real pressure.

“Now I'm only at a couple of tenths, and when you're only at a couple of tenths, you don't have the same confidence when you do the lap, it's not the same to prepare for the race, it depends on the strategy, it depends on the stops. ”

“We saw in Silverstone with the pit stop, we saw in Monaco that with some pressure [Mark] Webber lost 20 seconds in one stop. So for sure in the next races there will be the possibility that they could make some mistakes. In races where they are very competitive, they make a very easy 1-2.”

“We will see how the weather develops and how we can be competitive in damp or wet conditions,” he explained. “Winning the race is not always easy for everyone and we have to be the fastest on the track at some point in the race.”

“At the moment we are not the fastest. Red Bull was the fastest and McLaren was very close, so we have to take a step forward in the race to move forward if we want to win the race.”

“I prefer a dry race. If it rains it's not like we'll have any problems and I'm not too worried, but it's also true that when it rained in Canada Vettel opened a gap easily and in Silverstone when it rained the Red Bull ran away and Hamilton overtook me quite easily. In the dry we were much faster, so if it rains there will be fewer opportunities for us."