Fernando Alonso was far from impressed with his Aston Martin...
Fernando Alonso was far from impressed with his Aston Martin in Abu Dhabi FP1, going as far as to call it the “worst car ever”.and the Aston Martin team as a whole, which rather than working its way closer to the front of the F1 grid, has found itself slipping back into the midfield pack, with Alonso scoring points just once in his last five races.
Radio outbursts like this one carry shades of the infamous “GP2 engine” message from his McLaren-Honda days, and Alonso claims that only once in his racing career has he been in the best car in a category, and that was not in Formula 1. Instead, he claims that was when he raced with the title-winning Toyota team in the World Endurance Championship.
Asked by the media, including PlanetF1.com, how hard it has been to stay motivated this season and extract the best from the AMR24, Alonso replied: “I mean, it was not difficult to keep motivated, because every two weeks, you have a chance to do a little bit better than the previous weekend. “So, you know, this calendar doesn’t allow you to rest, but to have time to think, you know, you are continually racing.“But yeah, in a way, I’m used to, you know, not having the best car. So I think I had one time the best car, in Toyota, in WEC, in 25 years of racing. So I’m always motivated.”Fernando Alonso reveals hidden injury in brutally honest season assessmentThe countdown is on to the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Here is your F1 news round-up of the key headlines from the day...
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