Fernando Alonso says his again damage is at a manageable degree for him to get by way of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend and relaxation throughout 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 acquired extra therapy on a muscular damage. Alonso returned to the automotive for FP2 and was fifth quickest behind teammate Lance Stroll, and says it’s only a scenario he has to handle by way 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 damage on my muscle on the again, within the lumbar space, so I want 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 superb – as we speak I had no ache in FP2, in order that’s optimistic.”
Whereas Alonso says it’s commonplace to have some discomfort within the automotive, the damage confirmed up in a medical scan and confirmed he’d must take time to relaxation when he will get the chance.
“All the time you could have small ache and discomfort right here and there. The factor is that we did the MRI final week simply to verify correctly and we noticed a small damage on the muscle,” he defined. “Clearly, if you’re a traditional particular person, you’ll sit a bit of bit for 2 weeks. However I feel it’s manageable. I haven’t got ache within the automotive, which is crucial factor.”
Alonso was inspired by Aston Martin’s type in Hungary on Friday, given the very fact he was within the high 5 with out being completely comfortable together with his automotive.
“Clearly I missed FP1, however FP2 felt good. The stability remains to be perhaps not within the window the place in all probability I would love the automotive to be,” he stated. “Just a little little bit of understeer mid-corner and struggling to rotate the automotive on the gradual velocity. However regular for a primary apply of the weekend. Let’s have a look at what we are able to change in a single day and in addition a few exams that the blokes did in FP1. We have to overview the info and put the quickest automotive tomorrow.”
Stroll wasn’t positive what brought about the group’s robust efficiency on Friday, as he ended FP2 in fourth place and forward of each Mercedes and Pink Bull automobiles.
“I felt good as we speak, simply good stability,” Stroll stated. “I imply, timesheets on Friday, it is at all times arduous to know what everybody’s doing with gas masses and all that. However, yeah, the automotive felt good. We’ll see what we are able to do tomorrow. It simply felt just like the automotive was behaving effectively as we speak.”
