{"id":18396,"date":"2023-06-27T19:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=327941"},"modified":"2023-06-27T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:05:30","slug":"f1-fernando-alonso-cautious-about-sprint-format-ahead-of-austrian-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/formula-1\/f1-fernando-alonso-cautious-about-sprint-format-ahead-of-austrian-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"F1: Fernando Alonso cautious about Sprint format ahead of Austrian Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Alonso has expressed caution about the Sprint format ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, stating that it may not be ideal for his Aston Martin team.<\/p>\n<p>The Sprint format, which reduces the number of Free Practice sessions, leaves less time for Alonso and his teammate Lance Stroll to optimize their car\u2019s performance in a non-competitive setting.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso mentioned the need for more time to understand the recent upgrades to their car and suggested that the Sprint weekend might not provide sufficient opportunity for that.<\/p>\n<p>However, he acknowledged the unique layout of the Red Bull Ring, which could potentially benefit teams like Ferrari with its long straight and short corners.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his concerns, Alonso believes that the circuit\u2019s characteristics might offer a chance for Aston Martin to demonstrate improved pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Alonso has expressed caution about the Sprint format ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, stating that it may not\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":39131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3682,2486,943],"class_list":["post-18396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","tag-alonso","tag-aston-martin","tag-f1"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}