Fernando Alonso considers qualifying of 2012 Hungarian GP crucial for victory – Formula 1 news
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso considers the qualifying of the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix more crucial to achieve victory as compared to last few races.
Alonso said that it is very important for the Scarlet team to perform well in the qualifying of the Hungarian GP so as to secure a competitive grid slot to score a win as the competition is very tough.
The Spaniard has already claimed two pole positions in the season so far and is presently leading the drivers’ championship with three grands prix victories in pocket. However, he believes that since overtaking is very difficult at Hungaroring Circuit in
Budapest, therefore, it is extremely important to make the considerable preparations to come up stronger in the qualifying.
“Here, qualifying is definitely more important than elsewhere: it will therefore be vital to go into every little detail to be as well prepared as possible for tomorrow,” said Alonso.
Moreover, he said that they could not gather the necessary amount of information during the Friday practice because of the wet weather conditions. Nevertheless, he said that they successfully collected some essential data about the aerodynamic updates in
F2012 during the morning session which will surely help in making further developments.
“What's to say, the usual Friday, at the end of which it is always difficult to hypothesise on how things will go in qualifying or the race. Even more so when it rains, as happened over the past three race weekends,” he said.
Besides, he said that even though they could not complete a long run and didn’t try the dry pair of Pirelli compound tyres during the afternoon. Nonetheless, he said that they are positively looking forward to make a strong comeback in the qualifying and
hope to achieve one more race victory this weekend.
“Now it's up to our engineers to do all the analyses to put together the best possible package for the rest of the weekend,” he added.
The two-time world champion is surely the most favourite contender in this year’s championship battle and is will be extremely stimulating to see how he shows up in the approaching races.
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