Alonso does not look crazy to add points in the remaining races

Fernando Alonso was positive with what was shown in the Red Bull Ring on the first day of the Austrian Grand Prix. He believes that the McLaren-Honda upline makes scoring points a "normal" goal.

Fernando Alonso, McLaren MCL32

Insists Fernando Alonso, in which some of his dropouts have arrived in races in which he rolled in points or was very close to the top ten. Leaving aside that reliability, McLaren-Honda, with an ant lap, has been showing signs of improvement, and Austria is not a circuit that penalizes both the lack of power as the previous two.

In that line Fernando Alonso spoke at the Red Bull Ring on Friday, where he recalled his recent career history (although he missed visits to Spa and Monza, for example): "We had a trend that I believe we are confirmed." In China and Bahrain We left in points, in Spain we were seventh in qualifying, in Monaco the two cars entered Q3. But then came two tracks that we were very unfavorable as the one in Canada and Baku, with straight lines of more than two kilometers, "he said.

Spielberg's short circuit is not so demanding on the engine, and then things get back together: "We're back to a normal circuit and we're where we should be more or less."

With that trend and with the improvements expected on both the chassis side and the power unit, Fernando does not see it as unrealistic to add points in all the Formula 1 races remaining in 2017. "For us it would be a normal objective to score in All the races are missing, "said the driver who two weeks ago in Baku premiered the McLaren locker.

The practice chronicles of the Austrian GP:
Hamilton faces a penalty for replacing the gearbox

McLaren will carry Honda's 'specification 3' engine (which the Japanese manufacturer estimates two or three tenths faster than the previous one) throughout the weekend. Speaking about the first two free sessions in Austria (he was 9th in FP1 and 8th in FP2), he was optimistic: "We completed more or less the whole program and it was a good day or so.

Alonso had to be a little longer than he would like in the pits in the first free and even more in the second, when the team had to change the flat bottom: "We damaged it by passing one of the curbs, and also that Delayed. "He then spun after losing the back of his MCL32 on Turn 6 and ended up in the loopholes.

On the possibility of rain that may appear in the rest of the Austrian Grand Prix, he said he would welcome it: "A few drops fell between the first session and the second and can arrive on Saturday and Sunday. Any condition and any chance.If you do not fight for the championship, any variant can give you a chance to risk.It sometimes comes out right and sometimes wrong, but when you have little to lose, it usually goes well.

Finally, the two-time champion pointed to equality in the middle of the grid, warning that any mistake can cause him to lose several positions: "There are seven or eight drivers in two or three tenths, and we will see if we are in the front of those seven , Or in the back, we will see, "he concluded.

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Fernando Alonso, McLaren MCL32.