Fernando Alonso retired on lap 48 of the 2023 F1 Mexican GP. He did this after suffering the entire race behind the wheel of a car that was out of rhythm at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez this weekend, and To make matters worse, according to Alonso himself , worse in the race because he stepped on a piece in turn 1, on the first lap of the race.
“The truth is that it was a very difficult race. We already had a little rhythm during the weekend and I think we got some dirt, some pieces I think from the car of ‘Checo’ Pérez or someone in the first corner and it also affected our aerodynamics. We’ve been driving this weekend and we just ran into a piece of car and we’re even slower,” the Spaniard told ‘DAZN F1’.
However, on the radio, the team told the man from Oviedo during the race that the car was fine. “Did you find the damage from lap 1?” asked the man from Oviedo on the radio. “No, negative, Fernando. We checked everything and it’s ‘ok'”, they answered. But in the end, the Spaniard left for that reason.
“The year is more than ending”
“It has been a difficult weekend. The abandonment of Austin and the abandonment here logically weigh a lot on the championship and hurt a little more,” argued Fernando, who without scoring points in these two races, has seen how Carlos Sainz has They have . already reached fourth place in the Drivers’ World Championship, and like Leclerc and Norris, they will be close, with better cars allowing them to have better expectations for the three remaining races .
Alonso now 5th in the World Cup tied in points with 4th, Carlos Sainz and with Lando Norris at 14 points Charles Leclerc to 17. In its part, Russell is 8th to 32nd. There are 3 races left and Alonso He must fight with fewer weapons than his rivals.
“There is no choice but to continue. I think this year is more than finished in the sense of considering it good. We never thought to have this many points and fight with Ferrari or Mercedes, we are still ahead of them in the drivers’ championship, which is really crazy, there is (in Ferrari) a car that has already got 6 or 7. poles position.. So, that’s the positive side of this year. The negative part, certainly, is the drop in performance that we have had in these last races, which we are already doing to improve the level.”Fernando concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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