Fernando Alonso was in a high sixth place during the race in Singapore when he had to stop due to a power plant failure. The Alpine rider believes that the low reliability of the equipment has cost him the loss of a large number of points this season.
“Before this stage, I lost about 50 points, and another eight in Singapore,” Fernando Alonso told reporters after retirement. – So I missed 58 or 60 points this year – such reliability of the car is unacceptable.
If you add 60 points to me in the individual standings and subtract a dozen from others earned through my retirement, my position in the individual standings will be much higher and closer to Mercedes, which would better suit our pace in the current season, which I am proud of. Even in Singapore we were fighting for fifth or sixth place – the situation in the championship does not reflect our abilities.
Everything was fine with the mileage on my faulty engine, and Esteban’s car had a fresher engine. I don’t think our meetings with him are associated with more miles. There is no doubt that I will get a new bike in the coming races and we will lose even more points because of this.”
Source: F1 News
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