Cadillac outqualifies Aston Martin at Suzuka, despite losing up to 0.5s to technical issue
For this first time this season, the Cadillac wasn’t the slowest car in qualifying, even with some technical gremlins at Suzuka
Motorsport photo Cadillac beat Aston Martin to 19th and 20th on the grid of Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix, on a tricky weekend for Sergio Perez . Perez was the faster Cadillac driver on Saturday, with a 1m32. 206s putting him 0.
440s ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso , albeit 1. 1s away from 18th-placed Oliver Bearman and 1. 3s down on the Q2 cut-off time.
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And we still don't fully understand it well, so I really hope that tomorrow we can sort it out, because that would be a lot of race time. “As a driver and as a team, you always want to maximise the full potential of your car. And when you don't do that, it's a bit of a disappointment.