After falling from fifth to ninth position in the sprint race, Fernando Alonso arrived at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race with the aim of scoring a good number of points to start recovering positions in the drivers’ standings.
However, his session lasted less than expected, as Mick Schumacher spun at the exit of the first corner and the rear left of his Haas hit the side of the Asturian’s Alpine, exposing the entrails of the car and forcing him to retire. for the second time in the 2022 Formula 1 season.
As soon as he got out of his car after traveling the few kilometers that fortune left him, Alonso was quite disappointed with what had happened, but he was also optimistic, remembering the 19 grand prix still to be played.
“Once again we were very unlucky, I think, because of factors that were not in our hands… That Mick [Schumacher] spun and touched or caressed us, because it wasn’t even a strong blow, completely destroyed our car. “.
“These are things that seem like something out of a movie and they are all happening to us at the start of the season, so we have to think about the next one, that there are still 19 races left. Last year, after Imola we only had one point I think and everything had started from a little negative, but we managed to finish the year super well, so I hope to repeat that”.
Alonso also put the focus on his starting position, since starting from the middle of the grid you are more vulnerable to being touched or involved in a fortuitous accident.
“I think there were opportunities with the changing conditions that came about. But when you come out in the middle [of the pack] more things can happen to you.”
“We also saw on Saturday that everyone touched each other at the start, everything happens and normally these are indestructible cars, except ours that ends up breaking into pieces, but as I say, now nothing can be done, we have to think positive and Miami will be a better race”, concluded the Asturian driver.
After four Grands Prix, the Asturian driver has only managed to cross the checkered flag in two, adding points only in the first race in Bahrain, two units that currently leave him in 15th position in the drivers’ standings, one place which doesn’t really reflect the performance of the Alpine A522.
