Flavio no gana para disgustos

No hay palabras para describir la zozobra del equipo Renault tras la malísima clasificación (La peor desde la era Alonso).

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault (11º, 1m 35.630s):
«The grip levels were improving with every run, and I think we had the pace to get into the top ten this afternoon. But I didn’t manage to put my best three sectors together into one lap, so it’s a little bit frustrating to end up eleventh – and outside the final shootout. From a personal point of view, though, this was a much better qualifying session for me compared to Melbourne. I think our race will be with Williams, Toyota and Red Bull tomorrow – and I am optimistic that I can do a good job«.

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault (12º, 1m 35.706s):
«The car has been tricky to drive all weekend: the balance is not too bad, but we are lacking grip, and that makes the handling quite unpredictable, which means it is hard to put a clean lap together. Just like in Melbourne, we are a long way from the leaders, and we know that we need to improve. Looking to tomorrow, it will be a tough race, as always – and we are starting quite far back. We need to make the right calls on strategy, and see how things unfold.»

Para colmo, Fernando les vacila a pregunta de…
Q: (Paolo Ianieri – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Fernando, are you surprised the way Renault are struggling since you left.
Alonso: No… (laughter). Well, you know, I think we have been testing for months in the winter and you could see that Ferrrai was a little bit ahead of everybody and then McLaren, BMW and sometimes Renault were fighting. For sure, they have had a very bad weekend here, but they will come strong again in Bahrain, because they were quick in the test there, so seems they have had a bad qualifying (here). So, I am sorry for them«.

Flavio anoche en Sepang decía sobre la historia de: ¿El equipo echa de menos a Alonso?:
«Es la misma historia en cualquier compañía. Cuando pierdes un elemento clave, siempre le echas de menos de algún modo. Pero hay que darse cuenta de que el equipo es fuerte: la gente es la misma y están trabajando ahora con Giancarlo y Heikki. El año pasado lo hicimos bien y conquistamos la corona mundial.

Ahora estamos un poco por detrás, pero somos conscientes de ello y sabemos que tenemos que volver a las posiciones delanteras rápidamente. Contamos con todo lo necesario: el personal, el presupuesto y los pilotos.»