Fernando Alonso keep living a penance in the 2026 campaign of the Formula 1. On Friday at Canadian Grand Prix opened a certain window to hope with a Aston Martin AMR26 ‘improved’ in drivability. But everything went wrong since the accident in the sprint classification and a short race in which he was never in a position to compete. He ended up abandoning before turn 18 with about ghosts who returned focused on the reliability of a car far from the competitive zone.
“There were some alarms in the car and some reliability problems,” the driver confessed as soon as he got out of the car to the media in Canada. The truth is that many came from a touch with the Audi of Gabriel Bortoleto at the start that damaged the front axle and conditioned the race. “He had a problem and it led him to abandonment,” he explained. Pedro de la Rosateam ambassador, in DAZN. Alonso, on the radio, also made it evident with his messages.
There were some alarms in the car and some reliability issues
From there he could not take flight. He was soon overtaken by Ocon and the Cadillac of Perez. Then he did the same bearman and fell to the bottom of the table. Until the abandonment, which has a justified justification in the times to finish adjusting a damaged AMR26. “The classification takes place in just three hours, we were out of the points and I tried to give the boys a little more time in the box,” he acknowledged. Of course, the team insists that they will have no problems reaching 100% in the classification.
“There wasn’t much time and we didn’t know if the car was in condition. It was closer than in Miami“he launched From the Rose about it. But the outcome is similar, with more problems and also reaching his partner’s box. Well Stroll He had steering problems and his race was compromised before starting when he was forced to start from the pit-lane.
Alonso, in action.
Thus, the balance of the sprint phase is negative. Although it could be believed that there was green shoots after the first moments of Friday. “It’s the sprint and Alonso is always capable of reaching the limit much before the others. He doesn’t need to do so many laps,” he justified. From the Rose. But the suffering returned… and the ghosts are again present. The qualy will finish clarifying where the AMR26 is looking. And the feeling is once again quite negative.
