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Alonso reveals again ache and brake “nightmare” that he wouldn’t let beat him
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Alonso reveals again ache and brake “nightmare” that he wouldn’t let beat him

By Miles Cooper November 4, 2024
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Fernando Alonso has opened up on the again ache, feelings and thriller brake issues that he battled to pull his Aston Martin to the end within the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The Spaniard had been struggling all through final weekend with the brand new bumpy Interlagos floor, however issues reached a peak within the race because the repeated impacts have been felt in his backbone.

However regardless of the ache, a removed from aggressive automotive that had been repaired after his qualifying crash, plus brake points that saved making an attempt to pitch him off the observe, he stated there was no manner he was going to easily surrender.

In the course of the race, Alonso got here on the crew radio to inform his crew why he didn’t wish to retire the automotive.

“I’ll end the race for the mechanics,” he stated. “They did an excellent job at present. However my again is hurting, man. This bouncing shouldn’t be regular.”

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After being consoled and hugged by a mechanic as he gingerly acquired out of his automotive after the race, Alonso defined that his state of affairs had been getting worse and worse – however at no level was he able to retire.

“There was plenty of bouncing, plenty of porpoising within the second half of the race,” he stated. “I do not know why, however it was a troublesome race. We have been out of the factors.

“I feel in every other circumstances, in all probability I’d have stopped. However the mechanics did an unimaginable job earlier than the race to place the automotive prepared on the grid, so I needed to end it for them.”

Alonso stated he had been conscious earlier than of the challenges his again would face within the race. And that was on high of the opposite subject of an intestinal an infection that had prompted a visit again to Europe after Mexico and his late arrival in Brazil.

“It was painful, for certain. The lead-up to this race, it was plenty of preparation from my aspect, plenty of checks, plenty of work, plenty of physio and docs so as to come right here in Brazil,” he stated.

“So it was plenty of effort from everyone: the identical effort because the mechanics put at present.

“It was not comfy within the automotive. However there are individuals worse than me, additionally in Valencia, we have now these horrible photos. And other people struggling. So I needed to battle a few laps for everyone.”

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Alonso reveals again ache and brake “nightmare” that he wouldn’t let beat him

Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24

Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photos

In addition to battling the ache barrier, Alonso additionally needed to overcome large challenges in staying on observe within the race – together with his Aston Martin automotive affected by brake issues.

In what seems to have been a repeat phenomenon to what pitched Lance Stroll off on the formation lap, Alonso stated the rears saved locking after the restarts.

“I feel Lance had the brake downside within the formation lap, and I had the brake subject after all of the restarts, the place all of the brake stability goes fully rearwards,” he stated. “It was like braking with a hand brake.

“So all in all it was a nightmare on the market. We have to get higher for the subsequent three.”

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Stroll, who compounded his formation lap spin into the barrier at Flip 4 by getting beached in a gravel lure that he tried to get throughout at low velocity, stated there was no quick clarification for the brake subject.

“Yeah unusual,” he stated. “As quickly as I touched the brakes, I simply had an enormous rear lock, after which I used to be a passenger from there.

“I by no means felt that within the automotive [before]. So perhaps there was a brake failure downside. We have now to look into it.”

The brake subject throughout each vehicles might be a consequence of the crew’s brake mapping for moist restarts, geared toward warming the rear tyres by shifting the stability backwards, not resetting.

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