Alonso lacking engines?

Fernando Alonso will it be able to last the whole season with eight engines? For 19 Grands Prix, it seems difficult, given that the Spaniard has just broken two in less than a fortnight. If Ferrari initially just talked about an engine problem in Shanghai, Fernando Alonso then confided that his block had given up the ghost. “ We knew it was going to happen eventually, said Alonso in the Shanghai paddock. But we didn't think it would happen this soon. We were thinking more of Barcelona. »

But, even if he has just scrapped a second engine, Fernando Alonso is not worried. “ It's an engine that deteriorated as the sessions progressed. The one I had this morning was the engine we replaced after qualifying in Bahrain. » On Sunday morning in Bahrain, the Scuderia had in fact replaced the V8 in the car of Fernando Alonso but also of Felipe Massa, because they presented abnormal parameters. So it was this engine, replaced a month ago, which failed this Friday.

« I'm not happy to have encountered this engine problem but I'm not the most worried, continues Alonso. We knew he was going to end up not letting us go. It's happening today but it doesn't affect our engine management planning in any way. » However, from an accounting standpoint, Fernando Alonso now only has six engines for the entire season, i.e. sixteen Grands Prix and the corresponding test sessions. The reliability of the Ferrari V8 could well be the Scuderia's downside this season.