Alonso: Aston Martin’s F1 qualifying pace a “massive surprise”

In an extremely tight Q3 field, Alonso’s 1m29.542s yielded him sixth on Saturday’s grid.And while he was a tantalisingly close 0.005s off fifth and just half a tenth of Mercedes’ George Russell in third, Alonso was buoyed by the result because he had doubts about his AMR24’s one-lap speed.”It was a nice surprise to find ourselves competitive,” Alonso grinned. “After winter testing we had some …Keep reading