SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Fernando Alonso must already be counting down the days until the Indianapolis 500, given how frustrating Formula One has become for the Spaniard.
The two-time F1 champion is making his IndyCar debut on May 28, and it probably can’t come soon enough.
Alonso’s engine failed early into qualifying on Saturday for the Bahrain Grand Prix, pushing him to 15th place on the grid for Sunday’s race.
Neither Alonso nor his teammate Stoffel Vandoorne won a point in the first two races of the season. With the Belgian driver two places behind Alonso on the grid, that is unlikely to change here.
“It will be a long, hot and difficult one for both our drivers,” McLaren’s race director Eric Boullier said. “But that’s the hand they’ve currently been dealt, and they’ll play it as best they can.”
McLaren struggled all of last season after switching back to Honda engines, finishing sixth in the constructors’ championship and with no podium finishes for the once-dominant team.
Alonso had looked reasonably secure in the first part of qualifying, and was about to start the second part on Saturday — known as Q2 — when he climbed out of his car and called it quits.
Source: More McLaren woes as Alonso’s engine fails at Bahrain GP | Auto Racing
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