“I would be sadder if it were my own mistakes, like spinning or crashing, at the wheel I do everything I can,” he stresses after the breakdown in Austria
“I’m at my best level and we’ve lost 70 or 60 points if we count all the retirements due to bad luck or reliability, it’s incredible”, laments Fernando
Fernando Alonsowho followed the Austrian sprint race from the wall after stopping on the grid before the formation lap, explained that “five minutes before the start we had a blackout in the car and we couldn’t start it again We tried to turn it on with the external battery, but that didn’t work either. Something serious has happened in there and we have to fix it for tomorrow.”
The Spaniard, who in the main race will have to start penultimate, has lamented this new setback, which together with all the previous ones, generate tremendous frustration since he considers that at 41 years old (he turns them on July 29) he is at his “best level & rdquor; .
“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. I mean, maybe we lost 70 points, I guess about 60 if we count all retirements due to bad luck or reliability, which is why it’s been a very rare season”, he recognised.
“Today there was another problem with my car, but I don’t know, I think Alpine’s reliability is good, or at least Esteban Ocon’s car always runs well…”, ironized Fernando, who was “very proud of my own work so far this year” and clarified that “not getting points for all these reasons obviously It’s very frustrating, but I’d be sadder if it was my own mistakes like spinning, crashing or something. At the wheel I try to do everything I can.”.