Silverstone GP : Alonso & Massa Saturday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "this weekend for us is complicated because we have not managed to solve the problems of balance and performance."Today, it is the worse Saturday of the season, we were never found us in this position, but now need to react immediately and try to come back in the same shape as the beginning of the year.

In Q3, we had some hesitations on the choice of tires: we went out with the hard because they were successful both during free practice and in Q1, then we thought back to the pit if it wasn't. However, our opponents were faster. Now we have to try to be better tomorrow, even if during a climb we know how things can change. We hope we restore and return home with as many points as possible"

*Felipe Massa: "today was a very difficult day because we didn't have the car we were expecting and we did not have the expected results with new tyres.

Compared to other cars we had difficulty making a good lap and no doubt that the time lost yesterday due to my incident and change of engine this morning, made me valuable laps for qualifying, so I was not fast enough to go into Q3.
Now let's think about tomorrow, the race is another story and I hope that with refuelling and warmer temperatures, then things are going to evolve in our favour knowing that our car will be more competitive, I'm sure, and we will need to make good overtakings ."

Silverstone GP : the grid

the minimum weight of 642 pounds was not respected by Force India and the car, emptied of its essence, has been weighing 2 kilos under the regulatory burden. A new weighed after recalibration, gives 1.5 kilos under the minimum weight. in this case there no other alternative than the exclusion of the qualification and the start in back of the grid, which was confirmed by the Fia.

So all the drivers , from the 5th position , gain one position on the grid . 

Silverstone GP : Alonso & Massa Friday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "this morning we lost an hour thirty due to the rain and it has reduced our margin of time to make the programme planned in the afternoon which was an usual program with the harvests of important data on tires that will be key here. 

In Silverstone, we should have an aerodynamic package suitable for the combination of fast corners, which is a main feature of this circuit knowing that we have a perfect strategy to see the good choices on what is necessary to take into account for Sunday knowing that the track conditions will be very different with higher temperatures."

*Felipe Massa: "I am very disappointed with what happened with my accident which cost me time to understand the behaviour of the tyres. Turn out I found on a section of damp track and I lost control of the car and we drove with the hard prototype tyres from Pirelli but I didn't have sufficient temperature and I could not avoid the accident.

Fortunately, the car had only slight damage and tomorrow we will be able to return to work at a good stage with long relay. If you look at Alonso session , that went well even if temperatures have not helped us but the weather expected tomorrow is much better so we have good reasons to be optimistic.
I am sure that we will do our best to improve and return to the head cars."

Silverstone GP : FP1 results

F1 News : June 13 edition

*Pirelli renounces to introduce new tyres at the Silverstone GP because they did not receive unanimous vote of the teams . The Italian manufacturer will only change the glue that binds tread to steel housing in order to avoid any effect of delamination in the future.

*Pirelli also announced the tyres that will be brought for the next 3 races :

- Silverstone GP : hard and medium tyres

-Germany GP : medium and soft tyres

-Hungary GP : medium and hard tyres 

*Sebastian Vettel has extended his contract with Red Bull until 2015 .

*Stefano Domenicali hinted that Felipe Massa might stay with Ferrari a further season in 2014 .

Canada GP : Alonso & Massa Sunday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "this second place has the taste of a victory at the end of a very difficult weekend because we were competitive and we managed to battle with the front drivers.
With them, you can fight about feeling safe, even at 320 km/h wheel in wheel, they are intelligent and have the necessary experience to keep a sufficient safety margin.
The overtakings on both Mercedes are almost identical, the manoeuvre on Hamilton seemed more intense because we were on the same pace while on Rosberg I had an advantage with my mediums tires while he was in super soft.
In terms of points, it is a super result, however we had Vettel before us who was untouchable and he deserves the victory and although he increased his lead, the Championship will be long and there is still many races to come .
I do not know if I could have done better in higher starting, but qualifications in the wet is also a weak point, it is an aspect on which we must improve ourselves, and we work very hard on this track and the plant."

*Felipe Massa: "I am very pleased with my racetoday which was a nice battle from the beginning to the end. After getting out of the track yesterday, I knew that this would not be an easy starting 16th but, I knew also that I had a good car and I discussed the race by attacking, which allowed me to make several cost overruns.
However, due to a problem of graining, I lost valuable time behind Sutil and this is why I thought that a strategy based on the use of two sets of medium tyres would make me win one or two positions. Even if I can't be satisfied with this result, it is still positive , we showed a good pace and we were able to battle . Now, I turned to the next race, I am confident for Silverstone which is very similar to Shanghai and Barcelona, where our car was very powerful."

Canada GP : the race results

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Canada GP : Alonso & Massa Saturday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "we were well aware that this weekend could be difficult because this capricious weather because the track can change one turn to another and this until the end of the session you can never be sure of what will be the grip .
I'm pretty happy to finish sixth in a qualification which had so many unknowns, knowing that on this circuit overtaking is possible. I hope that the race will be without rain, because in the dry watching the long relay of yesterday, we can be more competitive and faster than some cars that are before us.
The objective is to return to our nearest competitors namely Raikkonen and Vettel. For Raikkonen it will be easier to do knowing that he'll start behind me while for Vettel it will be difficult, but anything can happen and maybe we can have a good race with a good strategy."

*Felipe Massa: "I am very unhappy with the manner in which the qualifications have happened for me. The track conditions were not easy, there was very little grip and I was struggling for a good lap . I went out in Q2 because I braked on a blank line to turn 3 and when the back is gone, I couldn't do anything more.

Physically, I'm fine, but within myself, I am very disappointed. Never I had three accidents so quickly, even if it is often the case when you try to give everything on tracks like here and Monte-Carlo, the risks are always higher.
I don't know yet how damaged the car is , but I am very disappointed with what has happened, we need to stay focused because the race of tomorrow will be long and on this track, anything can happen. I had a good pace today and tomorrow I plan to attack."

Canada GP : Alonso & Massa Saturday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "we were well aware that this weekend could be difficult because this capricious weather because the track can change one turn to another and this until the end of the session you can never be sure of what will be the grip .
I'm pretty happy to finish sixth in a qualification which had so many unknowns, knowing that on this circuit overtaking is possible. I hope that the race will be without rain, because in the dry watching the long relay of yesterday, we can be more competitive and faster than some cars that are before us.
The objective is to return to our nearest competitors namely Raikkonen and Vettel. For Raikkonen it will be easier to do knowing that he'll start behind me while for Vettel it will be difficult, but anything can happen and maybe we can have a good race with a good strategy."

*Felipe Massa: "I am very unhappy with the manner in which the qualifications have happened for me. The track conditions were not easy, there was very little grip and I was struggling for a good lap . I went out in Q2 because I braked on a blank line to turn 3 and when the back is gone, I couldn't do anything more.

Physically, I'm fine, but within myself, I am very disappointed. Never I had three accidents so quickly, even if it is often the case when you try to give everything on tracks like here and Monte-Carlo, the risks are always higher.
I don't know yet how damaged the car is , but I am very disappointed with what has happened, we need to stay focused because the race of tomorrow will be long and on this track, anything can happen. I had a good pace today and tomorrow I plan to attack."

Canada GP : the grid

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Canada GP : Alonso & Massa Friday quotes

*Fernando Alonso: "it was an atypical Friday, influenced by weather conditions which were extremely variable. We were unable to complete the program because this morning the track was wet and we will know tomorrow if the innovations tested here are solutions.
Felipe and I have made different choices in the long term, and for this reason, it is necessary to await the outcome of qualifications for more information. The only thing that is certain is that we must be perfect in our choices as we have seen today that a clean lap much depends when we take a decision, how is the track at this time and the conditions there.
I expect a very tough weekend because the weather will remain variable until Sunday and it will be difficult to grasp the grip both in qualifying and in the race."

Now we have to do a thorough analysis of all the data collected in order to understand what innovations can be used during the next few days. If it does not rain tomorrow, the track conditions will be completely different and we must be ready to face any kind of situation."

Canada GP : FP1 & FP2 results