Saturday’s Silverstone agony was compounded when the team put one of Button’s tyres on Alonso’s auto – prompting another joke by the Briton that it explained why his team mate had been “so quick”. “It was a big mess as we arrived at Turn Three”, said Alonso. “If we have issues we talk among ourselves, as that is the only way to improve the situation”.
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The 2009 world champion, who heads into his home race in the midst of his worst-ever campaign, struggled again on Friday. When the Swede fitted a new set of slick tyres one lap before the heaviest rain of the afternoon hit Silverstone, it was Alonso’s cue to take tenth place in a vehicle already shod with more suitable intermediate Pirellis. I think our aim has to be to score points this weekend. The impact turned the auto off. The engine was not running so I obviously stopped. The whole team is incredibly focused – they’ve been working day and night to improve the auto – and we all know this is a long-term project, and there are no magic solutions, but to get a decent result, and to put some points on the table, is always important. “I love coming here”.
“Very few laps today so I went into qualifying not knowing exactly the track conditions”. Their collision was just one of those things – the culmination of an unavoidable chain reaction triggered by the unruly jostling for position by drivers immediately ahead of them.
This came to a head at last month’s Austrian Grand Prix where the Red Bull and McLaren Honda teams were forced to start from the back two rows of the grid after being given complex and severe penalties.
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As part of a raft of regulation changes decided in Wednesday’s Strategy Group meeting, the FIA said an extra power unit per driver will be granted for any new manufacturer entering the sport.
“We’re not going to be fighting for a podium as we haven’t been anywhere near this season”, he said, but acknowledged the support the race attracts.
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The race begins at 5:30 p.m. IST this evening with Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes on pole, his teammate Nico Rosberg in second and Brazilian driver Felipe Massa of Williams in third.
