Fernando Alonso's race in Austria was one to forget on Sunday – albeit through no fault of his own as he was shunted heavily from behind at the first corner and was forced to abandon the race on lap one.
While racing is racing, the McLaren Honda team is far from happy with the fact that silly incidents like the one that ruined Alonso's chances keep happening at such a high level of racing. Now they are forced to head to Silverstone with a substantially damaged car that they will need to repair and have ready to go in just three days.
"We had a good start again, I was able to benefit from Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen's poor getaways, so I was already up to 10th when we arrived at the first corner,” Alonso explained. “But the guys behind me arrived at the turn too quickly, didn't brake enough and destroyed my race.”
“I was hoping for a good race but we were just unlucky – things were out of my hands; I was just a passenger. We know it's always tricky to start from the middle of the pack, but it's just not necessary to gain an extra meter at the first corner. Sometimes, the guys behind risk things a bit too much.”
