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Alonso justifies mid-race soft tyre switch in Chinese GP

© XPB  Michael Delaney 22/04/2024 at 09:4822/04/2024 at 10:29 Fernando Alonso faced a tyre challenge during the Chinese Grand Prix, compelled to switch to the soft compound at a crucial moment of the race due to depleting his allocation of hard tyres earlier in the sprint weekend. Starting the race on a fresh set of mediums, Alonso switched to his single set of hards after just eleven laps. Unfortunately, with no additional sets of the white-rimmed tyre available, Aston Martin swapped the Spaniard to a set of softs during the race’s first Safety Car period triggered by Valtteri Bottas’ stranded Sauber. While this gave Alonso a theoretical benefit on the restart, it also...
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