Fernando Alonso says his again harm is at a manageable stage for him to get by means of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend and relaxation in the course of the summer time break.
Aston Martin introduced Alonso would sit out FP1 in Budapest on Friday, with reserve driver Felipe Drugovich filling in whereas the Spaniard acquired 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 stated. “I’ve a small harm on my muscle on the again, within the lumbar space, so I want some relaxation. However the summer time 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 advantageous – at the moment I had no ache in FP2, in order that’s constructive.”
Whereas Alonso says it’s commonplace 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 have got small ache and discomfort right here and there. The factor is that we did the MRI final week simply to examine correctly and we noticed a small harm on the muscle,” he defined. “Clearly, in case you are a standard particular person, you’ll sit slightly bit for 2 weeks. However I believe it’s manageable. I haven’t got ache within the automobile, which is an important 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 completely happy together with his automobile.
“Clearly I missed FP1, however FP2 felt good. The steadiness continues to be perhaps not within the window the place in all probability I would really like the automobile to be,” he stated. “A little bit little bit of understeer mid-corner and struggling to rotate the automobile on the sluggish velocity. However regular for a primary follow of the weekend. Let’s have a look at what we will change in a single day and likewise a few checks that the blokes did in FP1. We have to evaluate the information and put the quickest automobile tomorrow.”
Stroll wasn’t certain what brought on the staff’s robust efficiency on Friday, as he ended FP2 in fourth place and forward of each Mercedes and Purple Bull automobiles.
“I felt good at the moment, simply good steadiness,” Stroll stated. “I imply, timesheets on Friday, it is at all times exhausting to know what everybody’s doing with gasoline masses and all that. However, yeah, the automobile felt good. We’ll see what we will do tomorrow. It simply felt just like the automobile was behaving effectively at the moment.”
