Fernando Alonso: We will need luck in qualifying
Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll clocked the fifteenth and eighteenth time in the second practice session of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Aston Martin racers noted that the car does not have enough speed, so the team will have a difficult qualification.
Fernando Alonso (15th): "We managed to do a few clean laps today, but it looks like the pace is a little lower than we would like.
We will have to pay a lot of attention to working with traffic in qualifying, and we will definitely need luck. The team will study the collected data, and hopefully the car will be faster on Saturday. We will do our best to compete for the top ten."
Lance Stroll (18th): "We didn't look very competitive today, but we'll see what conclusions we can draw from the data we've collected. The team will work at night to improve on Saturday.
The conditions on the track are difficult, and it won't be easy for us to put all the ingredients together in qualifying. But we will continue to work hard and make every effort for this."
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Fernando Alonso: We will need luck in qualifying
Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly clocked the fifteenth and eighteenth time in the second practice session of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Aston Martin racers noted that the car does not have enough speed, so the team will have a difficult qualification.