{"id":269437,"date":"2025-11-08T06:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269437\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T06:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:59:09","slug":"we-are-not-giving-up-fernando-alonso-declares-aston-martin-are-on-the-right-foot-after-strong-sprint-qualifying-performance-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269437\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We are not giving up&#8217; \u2013 Fernando Alonso declares Aston Martin are &#8216;on the right foot\u2019 after strong Sprint Qualifying performance in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Fernando Alonso was keen to keep motivation high after Aston Martin achieved a strong result in Sprint Qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with the Spaniard taking P5 on the grid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">It\u2019s been a frustrating season for the Silverstone-based team as they have struggled for momentum, but they are nevertheless locked in a <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiY2xvc2UgbWlkZmllbGQgYmF0dGxlX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9yZXN1bHRzLzIwMjUvdGVhbSIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/results\/2025\/team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">close midfield battle<\/a> with three points separating them from sixth-placed Racing Bulls, and Haas a further seven behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Aston Martin were undoubtedly the strongest of the three in <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiU3ByaW50IFF1YWxpZnlpbmdfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2xhdGVzdC9hcnRpY2xlL25vcnJpcy1jbGluY2hlcy1wb2xlLXBvc2l0aW9uLWluLXNhby1wYXVsby1zcHJpbnQtcXVhbGlmeWluZy1mcm9tLWFudG9uZWxsaS5HRmc1Qm5oZGNXaWpRTmNzc1c0ZE8iLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/norris-clinches-pole-position-in-sao-paulo-sprint-qualifying-from-antonelli.GFg5BnhdcWijQNcssW4dO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sprint Qualifying<\/a> at Interlagos as Lance Stroll finished two positions behind his team mate, providing them with a great opportunity to bring home important points in the Sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Reflecting on the day, Alonso said: \u201cThe car felt good in FP1 \u2013 we were P4 and now we are P5, so it definitely seems like we started the weekend in the window of the operation of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWith only one Free Practice, obviously if you start on the right foot then everything becomes easier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI think today is a good boost for everyone. We are not giving up, and let\u2019s keep trying every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cIf it was dry, then it would probably be easier to hold the positions, but we expect a wet Saturday so anything can happen tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">With a high risk of rain and wind forecast for the Sprint, the typical order could easily be shaken up, but Stroll admitted that \u201cthe plan\u201d among the team is to maintain their hard-fought positions from Sprint Qualifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cThe car was feeling good and I had some nice laps so I enjoyed it,\u201d the Canadian concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s still just Sprint Qualifying so we\u2019ll see tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso was keen to keep motivation high after Aston Martin achieved a strong result in Sprint Qualifying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-269437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}