McLaren driver Fernando Alonso admits retiring from the Singapore Grand Prix was ‘disappointing’ after running inside the top 10 before his gearbox failed.
After a solid qualifying from the Spaniard at the Marina Bay Circuit on Saturday, he was confident of scoring points in Singapore.
Unfortunately for the two-time world champion, mechanical issues once again hampered Alonso.
“Today’s race was definitely disappointing for us because both Jenson and I could have been in the points today and we missed that opportunity.”
Nevertheless, before both McLaren drivers retired, they were running strongly on the top 10.
“Before retiring, though, we were running in the top 10, and our performance on the Supersoft [tyre] was quite good, so I think we could have kept that position until the end.”
“But to score points you have to finish, and we didn’t today, so today was a reminder that we need to work harder than ever.”
“We still lack performance and reliability and fixing those two things represent a lot of work and we need to do that.”
