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Alguersuari adapting to low-downforce setup

Jaime Alguersuari got his first taste of a low-downforce Formula One car setup at Monza on Friday as the Spaniard attempted to get to grips with the rapid Italian circuit. Results were far from disappointing, however, as the teenager finished fifteenth in afternoon practice.

Having entered F1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alguersuari retired for the first time in Belgium two weeks ago but approaches his fourth race weekend with the usual positivity.

"I found it quite tough driving today for the first time with this low downforce package, as I had no experience of that so far in F1," the Catalan driver admitted, "but that's a good thing as it is all part of my learning experience.

"I felt I got an understanding of how to drive the car on new and old tyres, and with high and low fuel loads, and I had a good feeling in the car. We have a reasonable setup on the car but I think we can improve it still further tomorrow."

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