Alonso outspoken about Alpine: ‘It’s unacceptable’

Fernando Alonso again lost a lot of points due to Alpine reliability issues. This time, he retired on the 22nd lap due to engine trouble. Singapore Grand Prixwhen the Spaniards had an excellent defense against Verstappen He was unable to overtake the Spaniard between the walls of Marina Bay in the battle for sixth. I watched him carefully. Monza.

“It’s heartbreaking again to think that we lost more than 60 points due to reliability issues in a year of our best performance.”the Spaniard pointed out on his Instagram account after the race and was very much at the fact that his position in the rankings (9th with 59 points) did not reflect the fantastic performances he showed at the wheel of a French car this year. Wounded.

On several occasions, the Spaniard has reiterated that he feels he is at his best this year and is even better than the year he was in contention for the title. However, his car had many breakdowns at this course. Without going any further, he reached his sixth race of the year, only to see further machine failures, contact from Mick his Schumacher at Imola, or unfair sanctions at Miami. earned only 2 points. He then scored points for ten races in a row, but his winning streak was cut after finishing sixth at Zandvoort. He was then retired twice due to a French propeller failure, understood not to have Alpine changed him at Monza.

They decided not to change it and penalize it in Italy, despite the mileage of that engine, and failed in Monza. After 2 weeks they assured me they could save that propellant and didn’t want to change it in Singapore either. Because overtaking is very difficult on this track. But that also failed. Thus, Fernando lost many points again in his second race in a row. He leads from Monza to teammate Ocon with just his 7 points. With the sixth place he occupied today, he would have overtaken the Frenchman, but that doesn’t change things after Fernando’s abandonment, with five appointments and then Ocon’s abandonment, who was out of the points.

“But the positive and most important thing for me this 2022 is that I am back to my highest level. rice field. Positive from what he has been through this year.. A few weeks ago he admitted that he struggled in his first five races in 2021 when he returned to F1 after a two and a half year hiatus and it would be difficult to recover his level. . But since then the Asturian has progressed to reach his highest level, this Spaniard feels 100% in his driving and has shown it many times this year and the car allows Always maximize results. He has been thwarted more than a dozen times this year.

“That is unacceptable”

Alonso then continued his presentation at DAZN F1. “I lost eight or 10 points again. I think it’s 50 points for the whole year, so I’ll add another 10 points. Losing 60 points in the championship is unacceptable. I’m very angry about this.”Because I thought my performances were good all weekend, but at number 14 (his jersey number) he was cut short again due to a mechanical failure. It’s true that both Alpines stopped in this race, it doesn’t change much either 13th or out of the race, but the truth for me is that almost everything has changed for me this year ” he said emphatically.

“I lost eight or 10 points again. I think it’s 50 points for the whole year, so I’ll add another 10 points. Losing 60 points in the championship is unacceptable. I’m very angry about this.”

“The good thing is that I don’t have time to do anything[because next week is the Japanese Grand Prix]. I’m looking forward to being in the car again. Also, Suzuka is one of my favorite circuits in Japan. Fans are also looking forward to it when the time comes to go to Japan, and they will be resting for a few days in Tokyo, which they love so much.”