Fernando Alonso says his again harm is at a manageable degree for him to get by means of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend and relaxation in the course of the summer season break.
Aston Martin introduced Alonso would sit out FP1 in Budapest on Friday, with reserve driver Felipe Drugovich filling in whereas the Spaniard obtained extra remedy on a muscular harm. Alonso returned to the automobile for FP2 and was fifth quickest behind teammate Lance Stroll, and says it’s only a state of affairs he has to handle by means of the weekend.
“It’s the identical as yesterday – it’s going to be like this the entire weekend,” Alonso mentioned. “I’ve a small harm on my muscle on the again, within the lumbar space, so I would like some relaxation. However the summer season break is coming, so it’s one other two days of managing the consolation within the seat. We discovered completely different options yesterday with air pads and different issues that are working wonderful – right now I had no ache in FP2, in order that’s constructive.”
Whereas Alonso says it’s common to have some discomfort within the automobile, the harm confirmed up in a medical scan and confirmed he’d have to take time to relaxation when he will get the chance.
“At all times you’ve gotten small ache and discomfort right here and there. The factor is that we did the MRI final week simply to test correctly and we noticed a small harm on the muscle,” he defined. “Clearly, if you’re a standard particular person, you’ll sit a little bit bit for 2 weeks. However I feel it’s manageable. I haven’t got ache within the automobile, which is a very powerful factor.”
Alonso was inspired by Aston Martin’s type in Hungary on Friday, given the very fact he was within the prime 5 with out being completely blissful together with his automobile.
“Clearly I missed FP1, however FP2 felt good. The steadiness continues to be perhaps not within the window the place most likely I would really like the automobile to be,” he mentioned. “Slightly little bit of understeer mid-corner and struggling to rotate the automobile on the gradual pace. However regular for a primary apply of the weekend. Let’s examine what we are able to change in a single day and in addition a few assessments that the blokes did in FP1. We have to evaluation the information and put the quickest automobile tomorrow.”
Stroll wasn’t certain what precipitated the workforce’s sturdy efficiency on Friday, as he ended FP2 in fourth place and forward of each Mercedes and Crimson Bull automobiles.
“I felt good right now, simply good steadiness,” Stroll mentioned. “I imply, timesheets on Friday, it is all the time arduous to know what everybody’s doing with gasoline masses and all that. However, yeah, the automobile felt good. We’ll see what we are able to do tomorrow. It simply felt just like the automobile was behaving nicely right now.”
