In the round-up: Fernando Alonso, the oldest driver in Formula 1 today, says he is motivated to continue in Formula 1 as long as he feels better than the competition.
In brief
Alonso will stay in F1 until “I see that I’m not good anymore”Following his early retirement from the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Alonso said he remains keen to stay in F1 as long as he feels competitive.
“I feel better than the others,” said the 40-year-old two-times world champion in response to a question from RaceFans.
“When someone comes and I see that he’s beating me on pure ability, I see that I’m not good anymore at the starts, I’m not good in preparing the car or the other side of the garage is one second faster than me, and I cannot match those times et cetera, maybe I raise my hand and I say ‘this is time for me to think [about] something else.’
“But at the moment I feel the opposite, so I love racing.”
Quote: Claire Cottingham
Willaims had an updated rear wing that improved fight
After finishing 11th, ahead of Pierre Gasly and Lewis Hamilton, in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Alexander Albon explained that a new rear wing on his Williams had paid dividends.
“I’m really happy with the result today,” he said. “We maximised the opportunities and overtook some cars on track with the pace we had. We had a new rear wing configuration for the weekend which really helped us hold position, and was particularly important in the second half of the race when battling with Gasly.
“It’s a shame that we missed out on points by one place, but we are taking opportunities, doing things differently and showing that we can battle higher up despite not having the fastest car.
“I was hoping DRS would be enabled a little earlier. We had six or seven laps where we were faster than the cars ahead and, with our downforce levels, we could have got past straight away if we’d had DRS. By the time it was enabled I was wishing it hadn’t been.
“Overall, another weekend with…