Alonso: “We won't be very prepared”

The last weekend in red got off to a bad start Fernando Alonso, who will race for the last time this weekend in the colors of the prancing horse. The pilot of the Ferrari was forced to abandon Free 2 after just fifteen minutes, parking his car along the track with the engine smoking. A problem which therefore did not allow him to test the car in conditions more similar to those expected in Qualifying and in the race.

“It was a real shame to miss the chance to take part in the second round of Free Practice, here at Yas Marina the only real opportunity to get an idea of ​​how the weekend will go. On my second lap the car suddenly turned off and although the stewards did everything they could to return it to the pits in time to get it back on track, the mechanics' intervention took longer than expected", he commented bitterly. Alonso at the end of the day.

“In the first session we managed to complete all the work planned and the car performed according to expectations, but the temperatures - much higher than those expected for both qualifying and the race - make the data collected unrepresentative. For the same reason, tomorrow the third free practice session will also not be very relevant and this means that the first lap in qualifying and race conditions, in the afternoon in the dark, will be Q1. We certainly won't be very prepared, but we will still try to do our best as always,” concluded the Spaniard.