McLaren Honda, Alonso: “It's essential to reach the finish line tomorrow”

Bottom of the grid in the Qualifications of the GP China – if you exclude the two Manor – for them McLaren di Jenson Button e Fernando Alonso.
The drivers of the Anglo-Japanese team seemed to have started the event off on the right foot Shanghai, at least until Free 3, when the Spaniard was unable to complete even one lap - betrayed by the injection of the internal combustion engine - and then at Qualifications, when the pace of both riders was not competitive enough even to move on to Q2.
It is true that the MP4-30 it came closer than usual, but there is still a long way to go and for now the most important objective remains to bring both cars to the finish line in Sunday's race.

“I think we hoped to be a little closer than today's result,” admitted the English driver. “In Free Practice we actually seemed more competitive than usual, and in fact we had found a good balance on the car, but the flying lap was still not enough. As if that wasn't enough, the cars in front of us seem to have made a good leap forward on Saturday afternoon - unlike us - so we need to get back to work and understand what went wrong."

“Overall, we have progressed a little more, but the Qualifications they just didn't go as hoped. We hope that things will be better tomorrow, so we will be able to compete with some of the opponents in front of us on the starting grid", concluded the 2009 world champion hopefully.

“We were two tenths from the center group and close to passing Q2… – he ruled Alonso on Saturday – We were getting there, and this represents another step forward, but we are still underperforming, so we need to continue to work hard and improve. Our priority at the moment is to see the checkered flag. This will allow us to learn even more about the car and discover possible problems."

“Obviously, two unclassifieds in Malaysia was not an ideal situation for us, so regardless of the result, we need to get to the finish line here in China. That of Shanghai it has been a positive weekend so far: the whole team is enthusiastic about the progress we are making”, concluded 'the samurai' from Oviedo.