“It’s gonna be painful,” admits Alonso

Following a troublesome dwelling race, Fernando Alonso predicts additional distress in Austria and Britain as he urges Aston Martin to “work tougher” and “speak much less”.

Whereas the Silverstone-based outfit’s begin to the season was nowhere close to as sturdy as final 12 months, it was okay, nonetheless since China the factors have been few and much between, aside from Canada the place it benefitted from Ferrari’s failure.

Regardless of its continued improve programme, Barcelona was a largely nameless weekend for the workforce and its dwelling driver.

“I’m a bit bit upset as a result of we did not rating any level,” replied the two-time world champion when requested concerning the weekend. “We deserved to not rating any level as a result of we did not have the tempo the entire weekend.

“Within the race, it was extraordinarily troublesome,” he continued. “If you slide a lot within the corners, additionally you kill the tyres. So you’ve got two issues. You do not have the tempo, plus you’ve got loads of degradation.

“So all in all, it has been a really lengthy race for us. We have to get higher for us.”

All through his profession, the Spaniard has had a repute for publicly criticising his groups when he felt they had been falling quick, and as Aston Martin insists that its upgrades are having an affect Alonso disagrees.

“It’s irritating however there’s nothing you are able to do now so that you begin pondering in Austria instantly if you see the chequered flag and what you are able to do in another way.

“However I feel it is gonna be painful as effectively as a result of it has some traits of Barcelona, with the lengthy corners. It will be one other robust weekend, additionally in Silverstone, arguably.

“We can not get too annoyed. It is time to work tougher, to speak much less, to ship extra. It is what we need to do.”

Opposite to what the workforce is saying, Alonso insists that the upgrades are usually not having the specified impact.

“I am wanting ahead, however we have been upgrading the automobile lots and we did not ship the outcomes. So now it is also a matter of no matter we deliver to the monitor, it does ship what we count on and we begin getting higher and higher.

“In order I mentioned, we have to work arduous, get higher each race, however with out an excessive amount of speaking or promising.”

Requested the place the upgrades are failing, he replied: “I am a driver, not a technician”.

And if that is not a transparent “come save us” name to Adrian Newey, we do not know what’s.

Take a look at our Sunday gallery from Barcelona right here.