A World Cup of setbacks for Alonso

Many say there is no luck, that everything is a matter of work, effort, dedication and talent. But in a sport where any accident of 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 the reliability issues, which sometimes hit one of a team’s cars and leave another car. Fernando Alonso It was always clear to him and he reiterated that luck usually pays off throughout the year. But after contention in the first nine races of the course, luck was gathering work in Spanish.

After being affected in seven of these first nine races by factors unrelated to his driving or by the poor reliability of a car that respects his teammate Or included, Fernando Alonso He could not believe what was happening to him. In the first five races I saw how Ocon had 24 points and he only had 2. I saw how he wasn’t able to take advantage of that fact. Alpine it started as the third best car on the grid in terms of performance. The best moments of his car have passed, as his direct rivals have stepped forward with evolutions at a faster pace than the Alpine.

He returned to score in Barcelona. And in Monaco and Baku the good vibrations returned. But in Canada, fighting for the podium, he was left without a prize without his fault. Today, Alonso is 10th in the World Championship with 18 points, 21 behind his teammate Ocon, who is 9th. All this, after these problems we collect below:

In Bahrain, first machine problem

Alonso started 9th in Bahrain, but after the appointment Alpine saw a problem with his machine. Fernando emphasized the degradation he suffered, which caused him to fight for some 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 fight with teammate Ocón. Those who tried to go to the two stops benefited from the final ‘Survival’.

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Abandonment due to another propellant failure

The GP started a new combustion engine due to a sealing problem on the power unit. He ended it with another setback on his career machine that he abandoned when he was in sixth position in a career where he could fight for fifth place with Russell, but that position was lost earlier because of another inexplicable battle. against Ocon who didn’t stop in time the Alpine team. Saudi Arabia’s machine could no longer be recovered.

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Australia, a good missed opportunity

Before its rivals brought improvements, the Alpine was the third fastest car and in Melbourne it was flying. The machine failed in the middle of the ‘qualy’ lap, when he fought for the front row. That condemned him to start from 10th position with an alternative approach. He came out with a tough rubber, but a ‘Survival’ benefited his rivals. “Our prediction was between the 6th and 7th and the Safety Car came out, reassembling everything. We couldn’t help but put the yellow ones because it was too early”, he said. Finally, the high that media depravity resulted in condemning him. ”I think it’s a matter of bad luck. In Jeddah we retired when we were sixth and now we have made the seventh easily ”, he expressed.
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“But hey, you don’t have to think about it, you have to think about the next one. We have already done three, there are only 20 left, so we have a lot of luck in 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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In Imola, a ‘touch’ of Mick condemned him

For the third consecutive week, Fernando finished out of points in Imola. That time he couldn’t even fight. Mick Schumacher loaded Alonso’s car with one of his wheels and that was enough to break his pontoon. He had to leave.
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“Once again we were pretty unlucky, I think, for reasons out of our hands. That Mick Schumacher twisted and touched us, or caressed us, because it wasn’t even a strong blow, it broke our whole car, “he said after the race.

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

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Miami, no points after the penalty infuriated him

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

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Painful “misunderstanding” at home

The classification of Barcelona must be forgotten. He was 17th due to a “misunderstanding” with his engineer. He believes he doesn’t have enough time to start his turn and not get a foothold. He started his last 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 pretty much at the time limit, which was the end of the session. I also didn’t get much information from the engineer. There was a bit of a misunderstanding about how much was left. to end the session. I thought we were only a second away to cross the finish line, but there were still about 20 seconds left. And I started behind Lando trying to get into the lap “, announced the man from Oviedo.

In the race he took advantage of his poor starting position to change machines and punish, which he was the last to start.

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Another engine failure and a ‘Safety Car’

He started 2nd in Canada and had the pace to become 3rd. Like the others, he would take advantage of a virtual ‘Survival’ to stop but it ended when he entered. His machine failed and he had to risk his defense on Bottas, which cost him a penalty. From fighting for the podium to fighting for 7th place. And when he did, the ensuing penalty relegated him to the 9th place finish.
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“I was just passing the finish line and the ‘Virtual Safety Car’ came out and when I entered the pits, the ‘Virtual’ was over. We don’t have the luck, as usual, and the engine problem is in my car again, it really hurts ”, Fernando commented on ‘DAZN F1’. From lap 20 we had a problem with the engine power system that cut the KERS at the end of the straights “, he explains, making sure he loses about” 8 tenths or a second per lap “because of that mishap. n of the year.