Alonso reveals damning verdict as dangerous issue continues to hurt Aston Martin
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14:29, 08 Mar
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Kada Sárközi joined GPblog as an editor ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 season. He graduated with a BA in Sports Journalism in the UK and has covered Grands Prix and other F1 events live.
Fernando Alonso had a difficult Australian Grand Prix, having two separate issues. Moreover, vibrations did not get better either.
"Similar to Bahrain."- Fernando Alonso
The Spaniard had a superb start, and during the first couple of laps, he was running in tenth place.
That did not last long, he told GPblog among others after the race. "Obviously, completely out of position, so I fall back to P17 or whatever and then we have a small issue on data that we have to stop the car. Then we think we repair it and then we went back out again. And I think another issue appears so we have to stop the car for the second time."
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Vibrations are still the same
On Thursday, team principal Adrian Newey said: "Fernando is of the feeling that he can't do more than 25 laps consecutively before he will risk permanent nerve damage to his hands."
Despite changes introduced for this weekend, the two-time world champion added that the vibrations were "similar to Bahrain".
He explained: "It's not the best feeling driving with this level of vibrations. I think Honda thinks that the vibrations on the battery are reduced since Bahrain with some of the modifications, but that didn't happen to the chassis yet because they need to isolate the battery in a different way.
"So I think it will take a little bit more time but we try to do our best and to do as many laps as possible to help the team."
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