Alonso is not hiding: he’s fed up

Fernando Alonso It can no longer be hidden. he is fed up He wants to finish the season as soon as possible with some fresh air and start 2023 stronger, with new projects, new teams and new hopes and ambitions. aston martinHe spent much of his career reiterating in interviews that: “Trouble occurred again in car No. 14”I warned him that it was no accident that he had constructed the phrase that way. He didn’t do it to memorize his numbers, but to highlight the many reliability issues that have hit him this year, taking away “around 50 points” in the first part of the championship, and Fernando increased to approx. “66 points” After another disappointment that he had to live in Mexico. There, his car let him down again when he again set a higher-than-expected standard with a car that had suffered a lot of damage the previous day. , had a great start, had a very long first stint with great tire management and set a great pace. He already had some points in his hand, but again his car broke down, this time with his one of the cylinders gone before the engine completely failed.

Fernando Alonso’s anger has reached its peak. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Then, after briefly repeating ‘again in car #14’, he spoke clearly and forcefully about the difference in reliability between his car and that of another Alpine single-seater, Esteban Ocon.

“We lost about 66 points this year.”

“There are always reliability issues with car #14. With 20 laps to go we lost one cylinder so we were running on five cylinders with 20% less power. I am 20 seconds ahead of McLaren and my teammate. So I think the races up there were exceptional, and I would rate the race in Austin and the race in Mexico as the two best races in terms of pace,” he said. And he clarified that the “best thing” for him would be to end that engine’s failure so that it wouldn’t be installed again in the last remaining races. And I stopped doing those raps.”

“I lost 60 points this year, so I added another 6 points, so I lost about 66 points. because you earn points for, he pointed out. Fernando Alonso has even compared his discomfort with the reliability of materials on his side of the box to the problems McLaren suffered during his Honda days.

“Two retired in each race, one with 14”

“But yeah, it’s unbelievable that only one or two cars retire in each race, one of which is always the No. 14 car. I think we blew five engines this year. In Australia I had problems with qualifying, in Austria I couldn’t even start, there was a power outage so I couldn’t race…so I think in 19 races, around 50% of the races I didn’t get the points I deserved…but , there’s nothing we can do now… I’ve never seen anything comparable to what it was then in terms of reliability. 2015 McLaren Hondawhen the Japanese engine was constantly failing. “In Honda’s first year there was a 72 grid position penalty at the end of the year, but both cars were stopped at Honda. Only 14 were stopped this year.

“I can’t help it because I’m unlucky”

Szafnauer said months ago that the fact that the Spaniard’s car had more reliability issues than Ocon’s was purely a matter of bad luck. , Takuma Sato was the only one who broke the engine.Sometimes it happens.It’s just bad luck,” said Alpine’s team principal at the time. But Alonso makes it clear that matters are different. “The engine can’t finish the race. It’s not bad luck that we have six or seven engines that need to be replaced and we haven’t finished the race yet. I think Alpine has some work to do next winter. I hope he doesn’t have too many,” he added.

looking forward to leaving

In a statement to DAZN F1, he already hinted that he has “only two races left”, clearly referring to his desire to end this nightmare and start a new project with Aston Martin. there is They later asked him if he was counting hours: “Yes, one hundred percent”However, he stressed that he will continue to do his best for Alpine in the remaining races. Not forgetting: he wants to continue helping Alpine to fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship. The French team is just seven points ahead of McLaren in that battle. They need Alonso’s points like the rain in May.