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“Eighth is better than we expected coming here to Singapore,” the former world champion said. “Obviously the qualifying yesterday was very encouraging and starting P7, we were dreaming that P8/P9 was possible and at the end we achieved it.
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“Good strategy from the team – we were behind Nico, we undercut on Lap 23 and we managed to overtake him, so overall I think eighth was the maximum. Now we have a little break before Austin and we have to find some performance in the car.
“We’ve been losing a little bit of ground compared to the top teams and we are in the middle of the midfield. We want to change this situation.”
Although Aston Martin have picked up points here and there – mainly thanks to Alonso – other midfield teams like Haas have had a more positive trajectory since the summer break, leaving the 43-year-old concerned for the rest of the season.
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