Jody Egginton, technical director of Scuderia AlphaTauri, looks back on the 2022 F1 Round 4 Emilia Romagna GP sprint.
Scuderia AlphaTauri, who had a sprint in the difficult situation of losing Q1 in qualifying with two cars, finished in 12th place with Yuki Tsunoda, who started from the 16th grid, overtaking Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). He also approached George Russell by about two seconds.
On the other hand, Pierre Guanyu was forced to make a pit stop due to contact with Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo F1) on the opening lap, and finished the race in 17th place even though he tried to catch up from the end.
“In FP2, both the soft compound and the medium compound were pretty well balanced, so when it came to race preparation, I covered as much mileage as possible and read the tires well,” Jody Egginton said. Egginton commented.
“The other variable related to the race was the weather, and some predictions suggested the risk of rain at the start of the race. It didn’t rain, so it was easy to judge the tires and the software was with ourselves. It was the preferred option for the majority of other runners. “
“When it comes to sprint performance, the grid position on both cars meant that the race would always be harder than it should be, after qualifying wasn’t optimal, but Yuuki finished in 12th place. He went well and fought Mercedes throughout the race. His progress was, of course, positive, but left the question of what would have been possible if we had achieved the qualifying position we were able to do. “
“Pierre came into contact with Alfa Romeo for a tougher race. On the first lap, he had to pit in to change the tires and front wing. This dropped him behind the field. He was forced to try to fight back through the field. Pierre passed both Williams and showed a good pace, but moved up further in the car’s tyres and the finish lacked laps. “
“From now on, our focus will shift to tomorrow’s race, where today’s tire learning needs to be properly applied in order to re-rank both cars on the field. It’s not easy. But the pace shown today is positive and it is clear that the goal is to be within the points range. “
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