Fernando Alonso doesn’t believe the grid for Sunday’s race represents the true pace in Monaco, with the Spaniard believing Lewis Hamilton should have been on pole position.
A red-flag, caused by Sergio Perez’s accident during Q3, mixed up the grid, with Hamilton setting the 7th quickest lap, despite dominating the previous two sessions.
“Today, McLaren were very quick and I think Hamilton was probably favourite to get pole,” admitted Alonso. “I don’t think the result of Q3 represents the true order because the red flag mixed up plans for many of the drivers.
“For Hamilton it went badly, while everything was fine for Red Bull, with us at a halfway point: we should have done two runs of two timed laps each without refuelling and therefore, we did not get the most out of the tyres.”
The double-world champion isn’t convinced that DRS and KERS will aid overtaking around the street circuit, he says it will be difficult to make up positions.
“I reckon that tomorrow, overtaking will be pretty much impossible, despite the KERS, DRS and whatever else.
“The start will be very important and our race pace is good, so I hope I can make up some places, also making the most of any unpredictable situations and of our strategy.
“I expect some drivers will try for two stops and maybe others will risk doing only one. The car is handling better than a week ago at the Catalunya circuit: the balance is fine and the super softs are working well.”
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