Alfa Romeo are targeting points to celebrate what is the 500th Grand Prix for the Swiss-based team under various guises.
Both Kimi Raikkonen (P8) and Antonio Giovinazzi (P10) made it to Q3 for the first time since Austria last year in qualifying at the Turkish GP on Sunday, beating both Ferrari’s in the process.
And commenting on the session, which took place in very wet, very slippery conditions, the winner of the inaugural race at Istanbul Park back in 2005 credited the strong result to practice.
“In the morning we struggled like crazy but we tried to do some changes and some laps even if it was awful conditions, but I think it helped a bit in the qualifying,” said Raikkonen via Formula1.com
“So we were a bit more confident, at least we knew how slippery it was. It didn’t feel the greatest but I’m sure it was the same for everybody. All in all, we made the best out of it and in dry conditions we definitely wouldn’t have been this high up.”
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Alfa Romeo came to Turkey fresh from a first double points finish of the season at Imola, and for Giovinazzi, a repeat would be more than welcome.
“We will try [to score points]. Especially with these crazy conditions you never know what will happen in Lap 1, but so far I’m really happy with the result,” said the Italian.
“We are excited also to celebrate our 500th Grand Prix, so we need to also continue like this and hopefully we can have a great race and a great result.”