Alonso feels a front-row start in the SpanishGP was possible even after damaging the floor of his Aston Martin in Q1.
Alonso ran wide through the gravel on his out-lap at the start of the session, damaging the floor sufficiently to make the car tricky to drive for the remainder of qualifying.
"P2, probably even with the floor as it was," the Aston Martin driver said."Because in the Q3 lap I was coming for 12.7s until Turn 10. Then again I ran wide into the damp part in Turn 10 on the outside, so when I saw that 12.7 is P2 and P3 I was surprised.His mistake meant Alonso had to settle for ninth on the grid for his home race.
"And then it was very costly because that gravel completely destroys the floor. And yeah, it hurts even more because it was the lap.
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