Alonso: “First day in Baku beyond expectations”

Considering the characteristics of the Baku circuit, it should have suffered and instead, at least in the first two free practice sessions, McLaren performed reasonably well only to then encounter an inevitable technical problem with the fuel supply Alonso during FP2.

“It was a positive day, in fact I would say better than expected even though I am convinced that the final position does not represent our true potential – he stated Fernando, 4th and 11th – We still need to strengthen ourselves in some areas and regarding the track we will try to study more carefully how to deal with the most treacherous curves and curbs”.

“In the morning I did very well, then the situation returned to normal – the analysis of Jenson Button, 7th and 9th – Balance and downforce will be fundamental, especially in qualifying. I got good feedback from the soft tires. However, we are missing something with the supersofts. The layout features some interesting changes of direction. 14 is crazy, but the castle section is too slow. Due to the slippery surface I suffered a lot of oversteer."