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What was behind Alonso’s “can not ******* imagine it” radio message
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What was behind Alonso’s “can not ******* imagine it” radio message

By Miles Cooper December 2, 2024
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Fernando Alonso has defined his “can not ******* imagine it” radio message that he issued within the early phases of the Qatar Grand Prix.

The Spaniard had been operating eighth in the course of the preliminary security automotive section that had been triggered by Esteban Ocon and Franco Colapinto’s opening nook crash.

However on the restart for the start of lap 5, Alonso discovered himself on the backfoot as each Lewis Hamilton and Yuki Tsunoda swooped previous him on the principle straight.

In a radio message that was broadcast on the worldwide feed, Alonso stated: “I can not ******* imagine it man. Two years with the identical ******* downside on the straights.”

Whereas the reference to straight line pace initially was suspected to be in reference to the high-drag traits that Aston Martin has had over latest years, his remarks have been really extra about vitality deployment out of the corners.

And specifically, it was how Aston Martin had programmed the vitality deployment traits to make sure that he had most increase accessible on the restart.

What was behind Alonso’s “can not ******* imagine it” radio message

Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Group

Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photos

Reflecting on the radio message, Alonso, who went on to complete seventh, stated: “It isn’t the primary race that we’re missing high pace within the first lap of the race, or after the security automotive.

“I feel the automotive is confused that also pondering that we’re behind the security automotive, so we do not deploy the vitality correctly out of the final nook when it is a inexperienced flag. That clearly could be very expensive should you do not deploy the vitality when you could have all of the automobiles round you.

“We misplaced, I feel, two or three locations on the first restart, and that was very worrying for the ultimate consequence of the race.

“We compensated on the finish with some security automobiles and higher luck. So we’re nonetheless investigating. I feel we all know what the difficulty is. We simply want to search out the answer.”

Aston Martin workforce boss Mike Krack stated that the workforce wanted to do a correct evaluation in regards to the impression of the vitality deployment and the way the automotive’s acceleration in comparison with the opposition.

“I feel he was a bit annoyed there, to not have the ability to assault extra on the restart,” defined Krack. “It is one thing we have to have a look at.

“I feel our traction was not nice, and that is what he primarily feels. Clearly, from a driver’s perspective, to start with there’s having frustration. That is the very first thing.

“However then secondly, you suppose perhaps they’re deploying otherwise, or somebody is utilizing the vitality otherwise. So we are going to look into it.

“It will be important that we discern what it’s like, as a result of perhaps it’s a remark that’s deceptive for going ahead. However I perceive that it was made, as a result of that is your feeling there, and also you’re determined as a result of persons are simply going [past].”

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