Nov.30 (GMM) Drivers say Sunday’s Qatar GP is prone to be a processional affair after a dash that bolstered the circuit’s power incapability to provide thrilling racing.
Fernando Alonso was blunt, telling DAZN the dash was not even a race.
“It was a procession of automobiles,” he stated.
“In at this time’s F1 we’ve got tyre pressures dictated by Pirelli, pitstops dictated by the FIA, weight distribution dictated by the FIA.
“Now we have excesses of every little thing besides the issues that give a spectacle,” the 44-year-old veteran added.
Lando Norris – who will clinch the title on Sunday if he wins from P3 – is anticipating a lot the identical.
“The run to Flip 1 is the one alternative,” he stated. “Aside from that, it’s going to be a reasonably boring and easy race.”
Max Verstappen agreed the dash was “fairly boring”, blaming the lack to observe.
“You simply can’t observe – the tyres overheat. With all of the high-speed corners and the grip, it’s tremendous powerful to get shut.”
Even DRS isn’t serving to, Norris added, as a result of “as quickly as you’re inside three seconds, you begin to wrestle.”
There have been whispers about lengthening the DRS zone for Sunday, however some groups pushed again over setup considerations.
George Russell – who by no means even reached DRS vary within the dash – stated the structure merely doesn’t enable overtaking. “It wouldn’t matter if DRS was thrice longer,” he stated.
“With all of the flat-out corners earlier than the straight, it’s unattainable to remain shut. It’s the most effective tracks to drive, however overtaking? One of many hardest. One thing needs to be finished.”
