The nightmare continues
No one would have ever imagined that Fernando Alonso could relive the nightmare of a season turned into an ordeal by the problems of the Honda power unit, and yet the two-time world champion, 10 years later, finds himself once again facing a situation that is nothing short of desperate due to the Japanese engine.
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Aston Martin on Melbourne Friday finished five seconds off the lead with Fernando Alonso and six with Lance Stroll. The AMR26s completed very few laps due to battery problems, and only two remain available for the entire weekend.
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The Spanish driver commented on what is clearly a dramatic situation from a sporting point of view: “We are stuck at square zero because of Honda’s problems, we had Honda problems in FP1 and Honda problems in FP2 – Alonso said – we arrived at this race with completely new parts, a new package to test, but today we couldn’t do enough laps. I hope that tomorrow’s third free practice session goes without problems. It disappoints me that, despite supplying parts to only one team, there are no spare parts or stock available“.
