Starting 10th at Spa taking advantage of numerous engine penalties from his opponents, Sebastian Vettel achieved a fine Grand Prix and scored the 4 points for eighth place at the wheel of his Aston Martin F1, decidedly much better in the race than in qualifying.
And if the Zandvoort circuit could be less suitable for the qualities of his AMR22, the quadruple world champion still hopes to repeat the performance of early August in Budapest, whose route offered similar challenges.
« The ‘old school’ nature of the Zandvoort track is great, it’s fantastic to drive there, especially in the first half. I’m curious to see if our car will perform there, but we had a good race in Hungary. just before the summer break and these two circuits are quite similar. The 2022 cars offer better races than last year, so we will see if it will be possible to overtake on Sunday. »
Blocked in the train formed by the DRS and ultimately unable to finish in the points at Spa, Lance Stroll expects a complicated weekend at Zandvoort due to his team’s difficulties in qualifying.
« I can’t wait to get back to Zandvoort. The track is spectacular and the event is very cool overall. We know it will be a difficult weekend due to our car’s tendency to perform better in the race than in the race. qualifying, and it will be difficult to overtake due to the winding nature of the circuit. But there could be an opportunity if we manage to put in place a different strategy from that of our rivals. »
