INTERVIEW WITH FERNANDO ALONSO POST QUALY GP EMILIA ROMAGNA 2025

Come on! The last ones, but P5! That's it, that's it. Well, I don't have anything to tell you. P5, I love it. Yes, the truth is that it's a nice surprise because we didn't expect to be so high. The improvements, after analyzing them yesterday, we saw that it was a step forward. We put them in both cars and this morning we have already seen that the car was doing quite well. We did 11 and 13 in the FP3 and we thought it was going to be more or less our position in the middle of the Q2. But then when we went to the Q3 and now we are fifth, I think it's much better than expected, a nice surprise. Maybe we are not the fastest fifth, tomorrow we have to be ready and prepared to lose some position, but let's hope it's not too much. And did you agree to put the midfielders? Was it your idea? Yes, I agreed. In the FP2 we put some midfielders, I wouldn't have put them, but we had to put them to have some confirmation that they were at least as competitive as the reds and not more. And the performance was not clear this morning and we decided to make the Q1 a red and a midfielder, the Q2 a red and a midfielder and the Q3 a red and a midfielder. So, putting the two compounds, you made sure that one of the two laps you were going to have the fastest midfielders. And that's how it has been, the midfielders have been a little better and it has helped us to pass the Q3. And then in the Q3, I think the midfielders have also helped us to win a position. With used midfielders in the last exit, also improving the position. At what point did you realize that the midfielder at least held the whole lap, did not overheat? The feeling was that it was a plan that they had to do, even if they put a little risk on Sunday. Yes, and last year we also had a harder compound, last year we had C5 and C4, but the C4 was not very different from the C5 last year. So, on Thursday, when we came here, we said, if last year the hard one was not very different from the midfield, I think this year's hard one is going to be delicate. So, we came with that idea and we executed it, so I'm happy for the team, proud of them, not only for the improvements of the car, which have made the car faster, but also for always thinking about alternative things, like this from Thursday, trying to find something different from the others. It means that everyone is with the active and alive competitiveness, despite the fact that the results did not accompany, so I'm glad for them. Also, they opened their eyes to Mercedes this time, because George Russell used a medium tire to be third, so next time he will be quieter. Yes, we will ask for a commission, if there are bonuses.