All of Alonso’s problems in the 2022 F1 World Cup

Many say that there is no luck, that it is all about work, effort, dedication and talent. But in a sport where any accident by a rival can destroy your strategy, give wings to your rivals and completely change your career, luck gives you and takes points from you. And so are reliability issues, which sometimes hit one of a team’s cars and leave the other. Fernando Alonso It was always clear to him and he repeated that luck is usually paid throughout the year. But not for the Asturian this 2022. Fernando was again affected by problems with his car in the last two races and had to retire due to engine failure in Italy and Monza after 10 consecutive points-scoring appointments. All this, after being punctuated by 8 setbacks in the first 11 races.

In Bahrain, first engine problem

Alonso started 9th in Bahrain, but after the appointment Alpine found a problem with his engine. Fernando emphasized the degradation he suffered, which caused him to resist the few points that finally came. “Our fight in the first stint was a guillotine for us because we started to stop on lap 11,” he said of an incomprehensible battle with teammate Ocón. Those who attempted to go to both stops benefited from a final ‘Salvation’.

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Abandonment due to another propellant failure

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian GP started with a new combustion engine due to a sealing problem in the power unit. He ended it with another setback in his race engine which he abandoned when he was in sixth position in a race where he could have been fighting for fifth place with Russell, but that position was gone when earlier due to another unexplained fight. against Ocon that the Alpine team did not stop in time. Saudi Arabia’s machine is irretrievable.

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Australia, a great missed opportunity

Before its rivals brought improvements, the Alpine was the third fastest car and in Melbourne it was flying. The engine failed in the middle of the ‘qualy’ lap, as he fought for the front row. This condemned him to start from 10th position with an alternative approach. He came out with hard rubber, but a ‘Safety’ benefited his rivals. “Our guess was between 6th and 7th and the Safety Car came out, which brought everything back together. We couldn’t stop putting the yellows because it was too early”, he said. Finally, the high degradation of the media ended up condemning him. “I think it’s a matter of bad luck. In Jeddah we retired when we were sixth and now we have done seventh easily”, he expressed.
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“But hey, you don’t have to think about this, you have to think about the next one. We’ve done three, there’s only 20 left, so we’ll have a lot of luck with one of those 20, I think”, he said. But what he didn’t know was that bad luck would continue to accumulate.

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At Imola, a ‘touch’ by Mick condemned him

For the third week in a row, Fernando finished outside the points at Imola. At that time he couldn’t even fight. Mick Schumacher charged Alonso’s car with one of his tires and that was enough to damage his pontoon. He had to leave.
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“Sometimes we were a bit unlucky, I think, for reasons out of our hands. That was when Mick Schumacher spun and touched us, or caressed us, because it wasn’t even a hard blow, it destroyed our whole car ,” he said after the race.

“The truth is that these are things that seem like something out of a movie, but hey. All this is happening to us now at the beginning of the season, so we have to think about the next”, added Fernando, sure that luck will come . “We still have 19 races to go. Last year after Imola we only had one point I think and the season started a bit negatively and we finished the year super good, and super strong, so hopefully we can repeat that.” Alonso pointed out.

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Miami, no points after the penalty that angered him

He was 9th but his points were taken away by a penalty. He skipped turn 14. He returned after a few hours, but after setting a record in the micro sector where he skipped the curve, he was allowed without allowing the team to show evidence of it. “I didn’t make a corner, then I put the time back on that lap… but obviously as soon as I skipped that corner, a mini sector appeared in purple, and although I put it back later, they made the decision without asking us. for any proof,” Fernando said at the last Big prize.

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Very painful “disagreement” at home

The classification of Barcelona must be forgotten. He was 17th because of a “disagreement” with his engineer. He believed he didn’t have enough time to start his turn and couldn’t get a foothold. He started his final test in Q1 right next to Norris. “There was traffic from everyone in the pit lane and at the start of the lap we were a bit on the time limit, the session was over. I also didn’t have much information from the engineer. There was a bit of a misunderstanding about how much was left to finish the session . I thought we were only one second away from crossing the finish line, but there were about 20 seconds left. And I started just behind Lando trying to get into the lap”, revealed the man from Oviedo.

In the race he took advantage of his poor starting position to change engines and take penalties, where he started last.

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Another engine failure and a ‘Safety Car’

He started 2nd in Canada and had the pace to be 3rd. Like the others, he was going to take advantage of a virtual ‘Safety’ to stop but it was over just as he was going in. His engine failed and he had to risk his defense against Bottas, which earned him a penalty. From fighting for the podium to fighting for 7th place. And when he did, the subsequent penalty relegated him to a 9th place finish.
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“I had just crossed the finish line and the ‘Virtual Safety Car’ came out and as I was about to enter the pits the ‘Virtual’ had finished. Luck is not on our side, as usual, and the engine in my car is a problem again, the truth is that it hurts”, Fernando commented on ‘DAZN F1’. From lap 20 we had a problem with the engine’s power system that cut off the KERS at the end of the straights”, he explained, confirming that he was losing “8 tenths or a second per lap” because of that mishap. – that of the year.

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Austria: Three problems, one per day

Your car did not start before the ‘sprint’

The Spaniard arrives in Austria on the back of his excellent performance at Silverstone and the step forward his car has taken with the new package presented in England. He thought he had a car to fight ‘qualy’ for Top-5 or Top-6, but he couldn’t due to ground damage in ‘Q3’. But the worst was to come on Saturday: In the sprint race, where he was confident of climbing the positions because of the good pace of his car, his car did not start and he could not start.

“Another problem with my car, but I don’t know, I think the reliability is good, or at least Esteban Ocon’s car is always good,” he said.
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“This year I feel probably at my best level of driving, also thanks to the experience. Maybe I’m at the level of 2012 and I have about 20 points, it’s incredible. Maybe we lost by 70 points, I guess about 60 points if we count all the dropouts are due to bad luck or reliability, so this is a very rare season,” he added.
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And in racing, more problems. Alonso started last and got back to good pace, extending his stints with good tire management. He made one last stop to attack with a new tire and opt for sixth or seventh place, but the team did not fit the tire properly and he had to make a slow turn and stop again. He is 10th but could be 6th. Or better without the rest of the contractions.

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Belgium: Hamilton touches at the start

Fernando Alonso made a good start in the Belgian GP and took second by overtaking Pérez, but Hamilton remained in the interests of Oviedo and wanted to pass him on the outside at the entrance to Les Combes, at that point was held by them and The British car drove into the Spanish car.
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The Asturian lost any chance to dream of something big, although in any case the speed of his Alpine is not a podium finish if something does not happen in front of him. He continued to battle a damaged car, but continued at a good pace. The strategy, stopping early in his stints and suffering in the end due to tire failure, would cause him to lose a place to Leclerc and he would finish 6th, but a mistake by Charles in the pits giving him 5th place. There is nothing I can do with that car.

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Italy: Engine trouble

Fernando Alonso was unable to achieve his goal of scoring a good few points in the F1 Italian GP. He scored points for 10 consecutive Grands Prix and wanted this to be his 11th, but a problem with his Alpine forced him to park his car in the pits and end his career when he fought for seventh place at Monza.
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Many took advantage of the Italian GP to change engines and be penalized because at Monza they could overtake, but Alpine decided not to change engines in Spain.

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Singapore: Second engine problem in a row

Alpine says it saved the Italian engine and decided not to change it. In the race, the propellant will fail again, leaving the Asturian again without the option of adding another good handful of points when he was sixth. He crashed for the second straight race. Fernando Alonso had a poor start which relegated him from fifth to seventh place. He overtook Gasly on the first lap to take sixth and defended very well against the attacks of a Verstappen who couldn’t get past him. But finally, his engine said enough and Alonso ran out of points again.