Alonso happy with his place on the Chinese GP grid

Fernando Alonso could, by his own admission, hardly hope for better than a fifth place on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix, as proven by his delay of half a second on the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and the 11th position of his teammate Kimi Räikkönen. “We have to be realistic and not dream too much. We were 9th and 10th 15 days ago and we cannot ride thinking that the podium is the satisfactory result. We have to progress step by step and this fifth place is a good position”, comments the double world champion. »

The pilot of the Team Ferrari will above all seek not to lose positions against the competition. “ We have to avoid certain battles that we had in the first laps during the last races, which caused us to lose the lead a little too much. I hope to have a good first round so that I can then try to follow them. We expect Mercedes to be very competitive in the dry. It would already be very good if we could have a good rhythm and get closer to the Red Bull so that we can eventually fight with them. »

The start of the Chinese Grand Prix will be given tomorrow at 9 a.m. French time. Photos of the tests can be found on this link.