FERNANDO ALONSO ON ASTON MARTIN DOWNFALL

Fernando Alonso has stated that the new Pirelli tries may be the reason behind their and Red Bull's recent dip in performance.

"We are one-tenth from McLaren, so it’s not as bad as maybe the result looks. But yeah, we need to improve, there’s no doubt we made a step backward in the last few races, and everyone did a step forward. Also it is a coincidence that when the new Pirelli tires came in Silverstone there are a couple of teams that were struggling more and a couple of teams that are very happy with the car now."

He added:

"It’s not only us, I think Red Bull has clearly been hit with those tires, they’ve been one-two in every qualifying, one-two in every race, and now they are not even on pole position. Checo [Perez] is struggling to be in the top 10. At Silverstone, I think Max [Verstappen] was only three seconds in front of Lando [Norris in the race]. So I see things a little bit abnormal since Silverstone. I think you can feel the car a little bit different with the tires. But as I said it is difficult sometimes to be neutral."

“But if I look back to Red Bull after being first and second, in every practice, qualifying and race and now I think this weekend in none of the practice, in Silverstone he [Verstappen] was only three seconds in front of Lando. I think Red Bull lost performance since Silverstone, that’s a fact.”

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