Fernando Alonso called the poor reliability of his Alpine Renault A522 this season “unacceptable”.
The Spaniard, who turned down the Renault-owned team’s one-year contract extension offer for 2023 in favor of a longer deal at Aston Martin F1, claims technical issues cost him 60 points this season so far.
Alonso, whose teammate Esteban Ocon also broke down in Singapore, has 59 points to his name in 2022 after his last setback.
“It hurts to think that in one of my best years we lost over 60 points in reliability,” launches the double world champion.
“It was another 8-10 point loss in this Singapore Grand Prix,” adds Alonso.
« Losing 60 points in a championship is simply unacceptable and it really upsets me because I still put in a good performance throughout the weekend. »
When told that his French team-mate had also suffered an engine-related problem, Alonso took the opportunity to slip in another tackle: « But he was out of the points. It’s not as bad as for me who was in the points. »
“This year, reliability has changed everything for me,” continued the 2005 and 2006 world champion, who is seven points behind Ocon in the drivers’ standings.
« If you add 60 points to me and take them away from the others, because they are points they wouldn’t have scored, my season would be comparable to Mercedes’. »
“But the positive and most important point of this season has been my return to the highest level, so there will be great things to come…” he concludes, referring to his time at Aston Martin F1.
