Alonso: "We can not expect to be the fourth team in Hockenheim"

Fernando Alonso said Tuesday that McLaren Honda can not wait "to be the fourth best team" at the Hockenheimring, where this weekend will be played the Grand Prix of Germany, twelfth round of the World Formula One Championship.

In remarks broadcast by the British team, two-time world champion in Hockenheim warned that the "middle rivals will be stronger", so he said that McLaren Honda can not "expect to be the fourth best team."

Yes it was last Hungarian Grand Prix, played at the Hungaroring, where Fernando Alonso was seventh after the two cars of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.

The Spaniard, however, said he would try to "maximize" the performance of the MP4-31.

"The whole team has worked very hard in the first half of the year, so it would be nice to have a little luck and finish with both cars without any major complications," he added.

Alonso also said that given the particularity of the Hockenheimring will need "an admittedly high downforce".

"Although the vast majority of the corners are low speed, arriving after long straights that require a lot of power, so the development of the power unit and chassis for both is quite complicated. For this type of circuit need a car that you can drive and I feel that we are improving in that area, "he said.

His teammate, Jenson Button, agreed with the analysis of the Spanish pilot.

"We expect a difficult weekend because the cars just above are those who have more straight-line speed, but we'll see what we can do. The MP4-31 has good balance and traction out of corners, so maybe we can win something time in a turn, "he assessed.

Alonso: painless race, but "we did not have the pace to be at points"

The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (McLaren), which ended today in twelfth place in the Chinese Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship and first third of the Spaniard manages to complete this year , no pain besieged career after his recent accident, but neither could score.

The Spanish champion, who left the tenth position on the grid in his first Grand Prix since his accident a month ago Australia , which caused him to miss the stage of Bahrain, had set the goal to pass the goal from 10 first, but "unfortunately we did not have the pace to be in the points."

Still, "I think it was better than Friday" in free practice that day, the last time when he could train this year in Shanghai with dry track due to rain during training and classification yesterday, and improvements made McLaren "have been improving, although it has not been enough today."

"Anyway I'm happy to be back in the car and finish the race, because in Australia I could not finish logically by the accident, and in Bahrain did not compete, so this is practically the first race, or the first time we fifty and peak around in this car, "he said.

With the MP4-31 "It is the first time I have such a long stint," he reiterated, "and it will probably be very useful for the next races."

With the data collected today, "I think we have to improve in all aspects: power unit, with which we follow a little below the fastest, aerodynamically, and managing the tires, which is something we have to continue improving, "he reviewed.

In addition to the state of his car was important to check your own body as it is recovering from the fracture of his left rib ninth in Melbourne, a month ago, and pneumothorax who appeared to him in the area, which until this week He was afraid that if I had another impact could damage the lung.

Alonso participated in the Chinese test with pain he described as "controllable" and today hoped drive with only the aid of an aspirin, which seemed to work.

"The truth is that (have been) well, when I left I was a little worse, when I gave the reconnaissance laps I went to the grill and had more pain on Friday and Saturday, and was excited to see how it would be in race, "he acknowledged.

"However in the race, I do not know if tension or thrills running or whatever, I just remembered what rib right now," he said, "in the race, no problem."

The Spaniard also explained how was your strategy today, interesting despite feeling "a little disappointed" at not being able to enter points.

"The first lap was a bit of chaos, strange because there were cars all over the place, and thought it might happen something that could help us, but nothing happened, and finally all ran smoothly and we were not fast enough to be among the top ten, "he recalled.

The safety car came out on lap eight "We did not come too well, but neither is it to be a gift for those in front," but ruined part of the strategy of McLaren to make today only two stops, despite shoot something slower to abide tires.

"He picked out with yellow to go longer, because when the front stop and lose those 25 seconds trying to stretch those laps, but leave the safety car we did not come good," he admitted.

"Then in the race we were not going very fast, and opted to go to two stops, so it was a race a little patience, because we were going to go very slow, with average wheels, but we were going to stop once less than the others, so we went a little plug doing when we could, and pulling when we left, "reeled, although the result was" a boring tad in that sense. "

"We tried it finish the race with the minimum total time, and has not been enough to be in the top 10," he said, "to see how the next" in the Russian Grand Prix on 1 May.

Alonso Terrible accident in Australia

No risk of exaggeration if it is said that Fernando Alonso was reborn at half past six this morning Sunday. The Spanish staged a frightening accident at the Albert Park circuit in Australia. He left saluting without damage from a mass of iron, a redoubt of McLaren destroyed after a terrible flight three somersaults and a terrific impact against the walls.

Passed the turn 17 when Alonso tried to overtake the Mexican Esteban Gutierrez . His right front wheel touched the car Haas Aztec and McLaren was thrown like a spinning top untethered. It was tremendous image.

Alonso and his car threw down the track while McLaren lost parts, wheels and much of his anatomy before hitting a wall. When television focused the bolide, he was half of half of his body. It was easy to tell that this was a race car Formula 1, but junk scattered around the track. See the terible accident after after the cut!

Alonso - Total Optimism for Austalian GP

There was a time when chaos classification Albert Park seemed to have receded over time. The time sheets offered this picture, Hamilton, first, and within walking distance, Alonso second. The two best drivers in Formula 1 in the natural way that proclaims his talent.

It was only a mirage because the consolidated Mercedes is still far from McLaren evolving, but the image is a lure of what can happen in the future. "I'm super happy , " said Fernando Alonso, immersed in a total optimism with his twelfth place on the grid of the Grand Prix of Australia, starting point of the World.

No doubt about it . The McLaren-Honda is another car. More reliable and faster. Alonso completed a frantic classification, installed in an apparent stress that forced him to do his best lap in the first few minutes of every round. "It's been a strange, different method that favours large equipment for tire management," he said.

Alonso went unspotted by Q1, where the weakest cars fell, and was eliminated in Q2. But not a world away from the court, but near the top eight cars. "The car has been very competitive", he said. When we were all equal, we were at 1.2 second Mercedes. It has been a very great surprise our performance."

The pessimism of 2015 is now hope for Alonso. "We will again be a big team. We will improve a few tenths and we can get. The car is fast. The race will be interesting and will have to be careful degradation supersoft tires. If we recover alida enls positions, we can be with the best. "

Fernando Alonso, third in the show of force of Mercedes

After the disappointment of the last day of the first week of testing, Fernando Alonso did not want to waste a minute on the Montmelo circuit.McLaren-Honda was the first out the path with his car in the first session of testing this second week to complete a total of 93 laps with his MP4-31 .

It was a good day at the office for Spanish except for one small problem of reliability that left him lying at the exit of pit lane when he was about to end the morning session.

Fortunately it was not a serious accident and Alonso could return to the track in the afternoon. That was when he signed his best lap time a 1: 24,735 achieved with the soft tire and left him 1.8 seconds behind the fastest time of the day Nico Rosberg .

German morning signed another day exhibition Mercedes. His time, also with soft wheels, improved even two tenths who managed Valtteri Bottas with the tire ultrablando, in theory, a second and a half faster.

A Rosberg replaced him in the afternoon Lewis Hamilton , who performed a new race simulation with far superior to any other car in the same conditions times.

The day of the Mercedes, in any case sends a strong information about where you are right now the car compared to its rivals.

Alonso loses all morning by a fault

Morning forced to rest Fernando Alonso . The Spaniard, who took part Thursday in the fourth and final day of testing at Montmelo, has barely turn around three times since the beginning of the session at nine o'clock because of a failure in the water pressure in the McLaren .

More reliability problems that are added to those already suffered Button in yesterday and recover the ghosts of last year after the hopeful start of the first two days.

Alonso McLaren started up normally at nine o'clock, but after three laps installation returned to the garage and down the car indefinitely. According to the team until the afternoon session no plan to get back on track.

On the opposite side, Ferrari has shown that progress last year, when he came to discuss some career victory in Mercedes, this could be continued in 2016.

Therefore, Kimi Raikkonen has again put the Italian racing car as the fastest of the day, as happened in the first two sessions with Sebastian Vettel.

Raikkonen has dropped the clock at 1: 23,477 in four hours, while the Renault reemerged, with Kavin Magnussen, has lowered his best time to 1,786 Finnish.

Lewis Hamilton , reigning world champion, has been the most laps has given route, up to 99, with a best time something away from Raikkonen (1.26.053, to 2,576 Finnish), although in that time has made ​​a mock race.

The interruptus withdrawal of Fernando Alonso

The global world and the rapid expansion of any event are not always the best recipe for journalism. Internet is a terrific vehicle, but also a brutal propagator of any recklessness. Again, some of this was seen in Formula 1, already a hotbed of rumors and lies with very short legs.

The Times published a line in its issue paper insinuated upset Fernando Alonso and radical measures. "The rumor said last night was that if Alonso believes that the car is not good enough for a double world champion could leave McLaren and Formula 1 , " proclaims one of the most prestigious newspapers in the world.

Nerves, tension and much fuss at the headquarters of Formula 1 in Montmeló. The media are now grazing the shock wave from the web.

The reality denied that version. Alonso did not retire yesterday Formula 1. slammed the door disenchanted by car. The information was volatile.

"I have not yet raised pointed Alonso retire. I am happy with the project and I think if there is any team capable of winning a Mercedes is McLaren-Honda.When there is no competition , no action on the track, leaving many rumors.Last year it fell to Button. Nothing happens".