Fernando Alonso: ‘Let’s learn some things’ during Miami Grand Prix

MIAMI: Aston Martin/Mercedes had a rough qualifying period Saturday at the Miami International Autodrome, and its team members are trying to remain positive ahead of the Miami Grand Prix Sunday.

At Miami Gardens, Fla. on Saturday, Fernando Alonso, who suffered the worst qualifying performance of his year by falling into the P15 slot in the grid, didn’t mince words in calling his performance “poor,” but also tried to find a silver lining.

“So yeah, let’s take it, let’s learn some things tomorrow in the race and we’ll see,” Alonso said. Alonso and teammate Lance Stroll made contact during a multi-car collision on Lap 1 of the Sprint, and neither racer could advance past Q2 during qualifying. Alonso pointed to changes made to his car following the Sprint as not proving beneficial, ultimately. “I could not improve that much,” Alonso said. “We made some set-up changes also from the session this morning to now -- looking at the times, I would say that didn’t work as expected.