Formula 1 | Alpine, Alonso: “On some tracks we can fight with Ferrari”

In the home round, held on Sunday at the Paul Ricard track, Alpine managed to score points with Fernando Alonso. Analyzing the French GP, the two-time world champion said he was satisfied with finishing in the Top 10 and also managing to beat both Ferraris who had done well in the first races of the season. In fact, the Spaniard underlined how the performance of the SF21 changes based on the work of the tyres, having a negative impact especially in the race, an aspect which must also be studied in detail by the transalpine team.

"In qualifying they are four tenths or half a second faster, but in the race there are some circuits where the tires are very hard like Portimao or here (Paul Ricard, ed.) and we have the opportunity to fight against them and that's good – said Alonso, quoted by RaceFans – On street circuits they put a lot of energy into the tire which helps, we saw Leclerc on pole in Monaco and Baku. We still have work to do to try to understand this tire. AND It was nice to finish ahead of Ferrari, but in the end it doesn't matter who's in front, you try to score points".