Alonso says his Alpine F1 car went into 'full blackout' before the start of today's F1Sprint, and reckons his AustrianGP weekend is now 'over'. 'I think it's going to be a very, very long race behind many cars.'
As the grid was vacated before the start, Alonso's car was left on the grid on its jacks with the tyre blankets still attached, as the team was frantically trying to solve a technical issue on the car.
"We tried to fire up with an external battery, but it didn't work either, so there is something bigger going on there and let's try to fix it for tomorrow. "Yeah, it's over. Weekend over in general, because as we saw here, there are trains of cars and you cannot pass.
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