Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin · P19 · 3 p

The Aston Martin car currently sits in the back half (3.05 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Alonso is stronger on Sunday than on Saturday: race pace (3.06 s/lap) is closer to the front than qualifying pace (3.23). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.83 s/lap.

Alonso has 3 points to Stroll's 0. In qualifying Alonso leads the intra-team qualifying battle 12–2, by 0.421 s/lap on average in Alonso's favour. In races where both were classified: 2–1 to Alonso, and in race pace Alonso is 0.249 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Alonso an edge of 0.52 s/lap. Tyre management is worse than the team-mate's (+0.012 against -0.013 s/lap stint slope versus the field).