Alonso's Canadian GP 'not good fun'
ByAutoSport
Published 12/06/2016 at 22:18 GMT
Fernando Alonso says his Canadian Grand Prix was "not good fun" because of his strategy and the fact McLaren-Honda lacked pace on the power-dependent Montreal F1 track.
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Alonso finished the race 11th, one place outside the points, after committing to a one-stop strategy that required a 53-lap final stint on soft tyres.
The Spaniard asked to make a late stop for fresh rubber, but was told to stay out in case any of the cars ahead dropped out of the points.
"It was a tough race, we didn't have the pace today to be competitive," said Alonso.
"It was a lonely race at the back of the pack and not lucky with no rain at all, no safety car, nothing that put us again in a fight.
"The people around me were doing two stops so they were three seconds [per lap] faster, it was not good fun to be out there.
"There was nothing wrong, it was just very old tyres - I was the only one doing that kind of stint.
"When you have to save fuel, when you are two seconds off the pace and when you have 55-lap old tyres the fun of driving is quite poor."
Alonso said he accepted McLaren's strategy, as it represented his best chance of grabbing a points finish.
"It was the quickest way to go, so we chose that," he said. "The strategy was right.
"We tried to get the maximum points. We were P11, we had the possibility to score.
"It was the quickest way to arrive to the end but it was a difficult race - people around us were always with newer tyres because they did two stops.
"I said maybe we could stop [near the end], to put some quick laps and have some fun but we were close to the points, and anything could happen.
"We were very close, so we had to stay out, but it didn't come."
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