Fernando Alonso's reliability struggles at Alpine may have been bad, but he's had it worse F1
It was not the first time Alonso saw a season get impacted by regular reliability problems, spending three years racing forBut Alonso rejected a comparison between the two periods, saying Alpine had been “more competitive this year.”“In McLaren-Honda, we were always out of the points. So I will not compare.”
Although 2016 saw McLaren and Honda take a step forward, a troublesome 2017 followed that prompted their deal to be terminated. Alonso failed to reach the chequered flag six times in 2022, compared to eight in 2015 and 10 in 2017. But the two-time world champion said after retiring from his final race for Alpine in Abu Dhabi that the “facts this year have been against us a little bit in car 14” as his DNF tally did not reflect all of his issues.
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