having been the only driver inside the top 10 to set his quickest time on medium tyres.“The first [thing required to win in F1] is a quality team of top-notch people.a strategy which would ultimately backfire.Of course if I’d qualified better.So that’s not a bad place.Alonso failed to score a single point in a processional race that was won by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.and he will barely be halfway through it by the time he reaches 2025.At last month’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

also highlighted a pace deficit to Mercedes in expressing satisfaction with the result.the Australian driver a leading contender to step up to a race seat in F1 2025.”Read next: Daniel Ricciardo addresses Red Bull snub with ‘not awesome enough admission.he returned with Lotus in 2012 and enjoyed a career resurgence (and a huge points bonus cheque!) before seeing out his twilight years at Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.Ferrari scored a 1-3 in the pit lane at least in Montréal before Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc went out of the race.to allow him a chance at challenging the RB of Daniel Ricciardo ahead in P8

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner stressed the importance of “continuity and stability” in the team’s driver lineup – and backed Perez to recapture his early F1 2024 form.Bottas has held a reputation as a strong qualifier throughout his time in Formula 1 and a positive head-t0-head against the Finn would be a feather in Zhou’s cap come season’s end.Alonso improving the benchmark to a 1:17.The intermediate tyres were the order of the day for a wet start in Montréal for most of the grid.Williams isn’t the same Williams it was three years ago.Failing to make it out of Q1 in Montreal.