Skip to main content

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Recommended for you

The flaw Cadillac must fix to reach F1's midfield

Feature
Formula 1
Barcelona-Catalunya GP
The flaw Cadillac must fix to reach F1's midfield

MotoGP Czech GP: Bagnaia wins sprint as Bezzecchi crashes out

MotoGP
Czech GP
MotoGP Czech GP: Bagnaia wins sprint as Bezzecchi crashes out

DS Penske on the pace and in the points!

Formula E
Sanya ePrix
DS Penske on the pace and in the points!

Alex Marquez withdraws from MotoGP Czech Grand Prix

MotoGP
Czech GP
Alex Marquez withdraws from MotoGP Czech Grand Prix

How an F1 mechanics’ reunion recalled stories of working practices that would now send HR into meltdown

Feature
Formula 1
How an F1 mechanics’ reunion recalled stories of working practices that would now send HR into meltdown

MotoGP Czech GP: Ogura scorches to first pole position

MotoGP
Czech GP
MotoGP Czech GP: Ogura scorches to first pole position

Has Alpine finally started its return climb?

Feature
Formula 1
Has Alpine finally started its return climb?

Formula E Sanya: Dennis wins red-flagged race as championship leader Evans retires

Formula E
Sanya ePrix
Formula E Sanya: Dennis wins red-flagged race as championship leader Evans retires

Canada Saturday quotes: Ferrari

Fernando Alonso - 4th: "So far this weekend, we have always been in the fight for the top places. We have a good grid position and now we must prepare ourselves as well as possible for a race, which for the first time this season will feature a confrontation between different strategy options, with two of the top five cars choosing to start on the hard tyres. It will be a very long and tough race and it will be vital to maintain concentration throughout, because on this track a moment's distraction can carry a heavy penalty. Usually, our car is rather kind on the tyres which could be a decisive factor tomorrow, as will be the management of the brakes. Realistically, a podium finish is a possible goal, while it would take something special to get the win. In Q3, if I had been able to use another set of tyres, then maybe I could have cut my time down by a few hundredths, but the same applies to other drivers, therefore it's hard to say how it would have gone if everyone had driven a perfect qualifying. All in all, we can be pleased with today's performance."

Felipe Massa - 7th: "It was a very tough and closely contested qualifying. In Q3, I was getting quicker with every lap to such an extent that my best time came on lap four. I definitely cannot be happy with seventh place, but at least our car is more competitive than it was in Turkey. It was a shame I didn't manage to produce a perfect lap, otherwise I could have been higher up the order: at the end, as the track continued to improve, a few drivers went just a tiny bit quicker than me. Tomorrow, we must try and get a good start and on the back of that, build a good race. It will be important to get to the finish on a track which usually puts a high premium on reliability and one's driving, given that there is little margin for error."

Stefano Domenicali: "We are reasonably pleased with this result, which maybe could even have been slightly better Both yesterday and today we have proved capable of fighting for the top places, but we are well aware that it is the race that counts as this is when the points are given out. Traditionally, the Canadian Grand Prix is action packed and so tomorrow we must be ready to make the most of every opportunity. Compared to the earlier races in the season, there is also the variable of the different tyre choice strategies of the cars classified on the top three rows: we will see who has made the right decision. Reliability remains the crucial factor, especially on a track like Montreal which is tough on the mechanical components of the cars."

Chris Dyer: "We are happy to have gone back to getting both cars through to Q3. Both Felipe and Fernando got the most out of the performance of the F10: a couple of tiny errors cost practically nothing in terms of lap times. It's a shame that, right at the end, for just a few thousandths, Fernando found himself pushed back to fourth place and will therefore start from the dirtier side of the grid. From a purely technical point of view, it was a relatively quiet day, without any major problems and we believe we have a good potential to do well in tomorrow's race."

Previous article Canada Saturday quotes: McLaren
Next article Canada Saturday quotes: Bridgestone

Top Comments