Alonso with “big illusions” after qualifying 6th in front of teammate

Alpine’s Fernando Alonso is happy with his qualifying results and admits having “illusions” for the race as he qualified 6th ahead of his teammate Sebastian Ocon.

Details:

• Alonso stated that his result is thanks to the weather conditions.
• He admits feeling competitive both on dry and wet conditions at Sochi, something which gives him confidence for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.

What he had to say:

• He told, in Spanish, to Dazn F1: “It’s always hard when you don’t have practice and go straight to qualifying. It’s been stressful, but in the end we’ve managed to qualify sixth, a result that we wouldn’t have achieved under normal conditions.”
• “I didn’t enjoy it. In seven years we didn’t do a lap in the wet and suddenly you have to go out in Q1 and push in unknown conditions. I didn’t enjoy it, but I’ve felt competitive both in the dry and wet.”
• “In the last lap I went a bit wide in turn 16 and touched the water, which angers me because I could have been fourth. But today I’m way ahead of my teammate, which is something that gives me illusions.”