Alonso on McLaren: "Next year should be much better"

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18:05, 14 Jan 2019

Fernando Alonso has opened up on McLarens poor 2018 performance.

Alonso has said that there were some issues with McLaren in his last year with the team.

“Some compromises were made in the car [but] a lot of hopes in performance were not coming. So, we only took the downside of those decisions” Alonso said to Motorsport.com.

“I think next year should be much better and the lesson is taken.”

“Since July we have been testing experimental parts for next year,” the Spaniard added. “There is a lot of optimism in the team with the direction the car took in the last couple of months.

“We know [in 2017] our car was very competitive on the chassis side – we have the GPS comparison, we know the speed in the corners. The car was very competitive in some areas and we lost that level of competitiveness [in 2018] unfortunately.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	171
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	131
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	125
4	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	80
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	79
6	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	79
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	73
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	42
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	30
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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