Nando all at sea with new Pirelli tyres

[John S]

Strange, I'd expected Nando to cope well with the rubber ring changes.   

Fernando Alonso has admitted his frustration at the way the 2011 F1 season has started and said 'it's impossible to race' with the new Pirelli tyres.

The vast difference in performance between the different Pirelli compounds had led to added interest in the three races so far, with the laptimes for different drivers varying wildly depending on which tyre they are running on.

Alonso admits that the vastly different performance is making it difficult on track and said that drivers can only focus on their own strategy and try not to worry about others.

“With this year's tyres, it's impossible to race,” he told SpeedTV. “You feel competitive, you feel you are doing a good race, and some parts of the race you feel very slow, because there are people who catch you and overtake you without any problems.

“So you need to keep concentration, you need to keep focused on your own strategy. And in the end when you have a quick car, any strategy is good, as Webber showed today. When you have a slow car, everything is more difficult.”

Alonso added that his below par performance in Shanghai, where he finished only seventh, was down in no small part to Ferrari simply not having the performance of its rivals.

“It was very bad the start, a lot of wheelspin, and I lost one position,” he said. “I had to close the door for the Force India that arrived very quick as well. So we lost a position there. It was not a big problem, because we know this year's races anything can happen with tyre degradation and pit stops etc. But it was not only the start, the race pace was too slow, so unfortunately we lost our opportunity.”

Crash.net, April 18.

[Ian]

Impossible to race ? The last two GP's looked pretty good racing to me. Oh I know, it's the famous Nando whinge ain't it.  he is.

[cosworth151]

"It's not my fault. It's the tires. It's the car. There was an earthquake. A plague of locust. It's not my fault!" - Ferd doing his impersonation of Jake Blues.

When you have a slow car, everything is more difficult.

Sounds like Ferd is throwing the team under the bus, too.

[Williamsfan]

Perhaps he could ask Felipe for tips on how to race this year 

[Jericoke]

"It's not my fault. It's the tires. It's the car. There was an earthquake. A plague of locust. It's not my fault!" - Ferd doing his impersonation of Jake Blues.

Then he needs to start praying to the Blessed Lady of Acceleration!

[Canada Darrell™]

Much as I hate to defend The Great Eyebrow, other than the statement “With this year's tyres, it's impossible to race,” from above, everything that he is otherwise quoted as saying could have come from any other driver.

Unless I could see the exact words that came out of his mouth this comes across to me yet again as selective editing and headline making.

The phrase “With this year's tyres, it's impossible to race,” for all we know could actually have been "all of the drivers in the room feel that with this year's tyres, it's impossible to race on the track".....see what I mean?

[Jugirl]

  Everybody Stop 

Leave my Fernando alone

I think we all know it is the Ferrari that is lacking pace that is causing him so much frustration at the moment. Fernando , the winner that he is, is not quite so satisfied running off the lead as his teammate might be. If Ferrari pick up their game i am sure we will see a turnaround as huge as last season

Ju

[Canada Darrell™]

Hey! Other than "The Great Eyebrow" I was defending him!

 

[Jugirl]

Hey i suppose your right CD hehe but there is nothing wrong with my Fernando's lovely eyebrows  

Ju

[David]

What he should have said is "It's impossible to race if you don't make the correct strategy decisions", which is true. If you don't have the right rubber at the right time you ain't going anywhere, unlike the way it's been the last few years where you could have got away with a bit more.

[Alianora La Canta]

When you have a slow car, everything is more difficult.

Sounds like Ferd is throwing the team under the bus, too.

Oh no, not again, Fernando...