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Fernando Alonso has rued “not doing a good job” to overcome a “tricky” Aston Martin car during this weekend’s Mexico
Aston Martin had hoped that returning to the traditional weekend format would improve their performance after encountering problems with their upgrades in Austin. However, Lance Stroll struggled throughout practice and failed to advance from Q1, while Fernando Alonso narrowly avoided elimination after spinning in the closing minutes. Alonso admitted that the Aston Martin car has been difficult to handle and that they have been struggling the whole weekend. The team decided to withdraw both cars from the starting grid for the United States Grand Prix and revert Alonso back to the previous specification used in Qatar. Although the updated package showed promising results, Alonso acknowledges that they have not fully optimized the new parts and are still lacking performance.
Source: Motorsport Week
