Crew-mate Lance Stroll couldn’t run in any respect on Saturday at Albert Park due to engine issues and can begin final.
Alonso mentioned: “The mechanics, they have been working flat out and altering power-units day and night time, you already know, the final six weeks. So, even on the opposite aspect of the storage, with Lance being so unfortunate in FP3 and ‘quali’ with zero laps, once you go on observe and you’re within the combine with a number of vehicles, it is a little bit bit higher than being lifeless final, as we have been yesterday.
“Possibly that is sufficient to ignite a little bit little bit of motivation in everybody within the storage. That is most likely a part of our job now as drivers, you already know, to maintain the morale of the crew excessive in troublesome moments.”
The crew are nonetheless going through a troublesome scenario and will not end Sunday’s race.
They’ve solely two batteries left for his or her hybrid system, and none obtainable on the Honda manufacturing facility, so must run a cautious race to make sure they’re even ready to participate within the second grand prix of the season, in China subsequent weekend.
“We’re brief on components, there isn’t a secrets and techniques on that,” Alonso mentioned.
“China is subsequent week, so hopefully we are able to do as many laps as attainable, hopefully we are able to do practically the entire race.
“However the first signal that there’s something doubtlessly incorrect, we can not danger operating, operating, operating till we make some large harm after which we compromise subsequent week, so we must be very versatile.
“We’re one crew, we can not separate the 2 issues. There isn’t a secret that the primary drawback is the PU. We’re down energy and reliability. We did not handle many laps within the winter and now we’re brief on inventory for the batteries, we can not do many laps or we’re brief on components. We have to repair the power-units and Aston Martin is making an attempt to assist as a lot as attainable with Honda.”
