Fernando Alonso could not see the checkered flag again because of the Alpine. His car said ‘enough’ again and the Spanish was forced to leave. Alonso began to lose power on the straights and the rivals behind him ended up catching up with him, until finally the engine broke.
The ’14’ revealed the exact reason for his abandonment: “In the end I lost a cylinder. I was going with 5 cylinders for twenty laps making a half ridiculous. It finally broke down which was for the best,” he said. Alonso on ‘DAZN’.
The man from Oviedo had more rhythm than Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas and the McLarenshis pursuers: “In the middle of the race more or less I was comfortable. The truth is that both in Austin and here we were having the best races of the year. I was like 30 seconds ahead of McLaren and the teammate“.
After seeing how his car failed, Alonso asked to leave, but Alpine He asked him to stay on the track in the hope that a safety car would come out that would keep him within the points: “Yes, I wanted to stop a long time ago, but the team wanted to wait for a Safety Car and for a miracle or something to see if we got into at the points.”
“Again only to car 14, as alwaysand the truth is that I am very disappointed”, commented a Fernando Alonso who could be seen visibly hurt and powerless so much on the radiolike right after getting out of the car.
