Alone in the face of danger. That’s how Fernando Alonso felt on Friday at the Italian Grand Prix. It was he who brought almost all the data to Aston Martin. Lance Stroll had to leave very early due to a powertrain problem.

Barely a few minutes of free practice 2 had passed when the Canadian stopped his car. I wasn’t going to drive it anymore. Aston Martin has announced that it has a fuel pressure problem and that the session was over for him.

Very bad news because those of Mike Krack they had divided the work of this session as follows: Lance Stroll I would try the hard tires and Fernando Alonso, the soft wheels.

In the end, Aston only got information from the softs. They decided not to mount this compound on the car of Alonso, who returned to the track with the game I had planned.

The Silverstone team decided not to risk a set of hard tyres, which will be essential for Sunday’s race, and relied on data obtained from last year’s race.

Alonso finished the day with the eighth best time, far from being the fastest. Carlos Sainz, with the Ferrari, set the fastest time. Behind Lando Norris and one Checo Perez it ended with his Red Bull against the wall.

improvements continue

After the success at Zandvoort, where Alonso was second behind Max Verstappen, Aston Martin has brought more updates to this circuit. The most important is this small piece on the rear wing which they have already tested at the Dutch GP.

The Asturian has confirmed that they are back. A new podium for him (there are already seven in 2024) and although Monza is not an ideal circuit for AMR23, optimism is soaring in the team, where they work “without the lights going out”, according to Krack a few days ago.