Fernando Alonso labels nightmare Singapore Grand Prix “a race to forget”

Alonso didn’t finish in the top 10 for the first time in F1 2023, classifying 15th at the chequered flag.
The Spaniard’s race took a turn for the worse when he cut the pit lane under the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car, picking up a five-second🥀 time penalty in the proce꧟ss.
As he served t🧸he penalty later on in the race, a slow pit stop ruined his chance of scoring points, dropping to t🙈he back.
He then had a trip down the escape road in the final se𝓀ctor, cementing a shocking weekend for the team.
“It wꦐas a difficult race," Alonso s🎶aid after the race. “Obviously we didn't have the pace that we were hoping for.
“[There were] too many🥃 mistakes going into the pi🌜t lane, slow pit stop, traffic all in one race. A race to forget, but as I said only one race. That's the good thing.
“Hopefully, 🐈we can get rid of all these bad things, learn from those and get bette🃏r in Japan.
“We killed the tyres very quickly after the pit-stops. So it was 🦹a toug🍎h race.”

Aston Martin exp🥂ected a strong Singapore Grand Prix as their car has tended to flourish on high downforce 𓆉tracks.
Before his slow second stop, Alonso was overtaken by the Alpine of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon, and didn’t have the pace to stick with𓂃 the lead group.
“We ne🔯ed to look at the details,” he added. “Obviously, we don't have the a꧃nswers yet, but we need to get better for Japan.
“We all expected a strong weeඣkend in Singapore. It was n🌟ot the case, so maybe in Japan, we don't expect magic there and maybe we get a nice surprise.”

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