Fernando Alonso has claimed he would be up somewhere near the Mercedes drivers in the World Championship but for all the points he has lost due to his Alpine breaking down. F1
Fernando Alonso would be ‘close to the Mercedes’ were it not for lost Alpine pointsFernando Alonso has doubled down on his claim Alpine have cost him 60 points, the driver going as far as to say he’d be “close even to the Mercedes” if it wasn’t for those points.he pulled over when his engine cut out on lap 22Climbing out of his A522, the Spaniard was caught on camera sitting on the sidelines with the track marshals with his head in his hands.
“It was another top five or top six we were fighting for. But the standings don’t translate the true performance.” Adding to the Spaniard’s misery, he may have to take a new power unit at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix along with the penalties that comes with it.Not Mercedes, but Alpine could have pulled well clear of Alpine
The Enstone team has been the better of the two in qualifying, 21 times in Q3 to McLaren’s 17. Alonso’s best a P2 to Norris’ P3, Ocon’s P5 to Ricciardo’s P6.
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