2024 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix Highlights

The team has been in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, for the seventh round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship at iconic and storied Imola. Get the thoughts from Lance and Fernando following Sunday’s race, which saw our team pick up two championship points.

The European leg of the Formula One World Championship has begun, with the paddock at the historic Imola circuit for the 2024 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix this weekend. Read Lance and Fernando’s thoughts following Sunday’s race.

Fernando Alonso

It was a difficult day and weekend in general for us. We started from the pit lane and changed a few things in the car’s setup. This allowed us to gather a lot of data, which we needed to analyse over the next couple of days.

“We opted for the Soft tyres at the start of the race, and we were hoping for a Safety Car to change things up. When nothing happened ahead of us, we looked to try a few different compounds out and essentially used it as a bit of a test session. We will need to regroup and put ourselves in the best position in Monaco.

Lance Stroll

It’s good to come away from Imola with a couple of points. We elected to extend our first stint on the Medium compounds, hoping for a Safety Car, but that never came, and so we had to make up positions on the track.

“That early tyre management meant I had the advantage of newer Hards towards the end of the race, giving me the pace to pass Nico [Hülkenberg] and Yuki [Tsunoda], which was fun. This weekend has been tough, though. We know we’re not as competitive as we want to be, and we’ll have to push hard to find the performance we’re missing.

Mike Krack, Team Principal:

We leave Imola with two important points following Lance’s strong drive and an excellent team strategy. Lance made his one-stop race work with a long first stint, while Fernando’s early pit stop on lap eight helped draw several cars in for early stops. Lance was then able to make strong overtakes into Turn 1 on Hülkenberg and Tsunoda to secure P9. It was not easy to overtake, so it was great to watch Lance make those moves.

“It was always going to be difficult for Fernando to progress to the points after the difficult Qualifying, but he played the team game perfectly. The Imola weekend showed that we are still not competitive enough. Our focus is on extracting the full potential of the AMR24 for the races to come, starting next week in Monaco.

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