Fernando Alonso explains bizarre steering wheel detachment issue in Bahrain F1 practice
A to𒁃ugh day for Fernando Alonso in Bahrain was c𝓡ompounded by a steering mishap.
Fernando Alonso hit a strange issue in second practice for the Bahra💦in Grand Prix on Friday, as the steering wheel detached itself from his Aston Martin Formula 1 car.
Alonso was braking for the final co♈rner at the Bahrain International﷽ Circuit when the steering wheel suddenly came off, sending him straight onto the run-off.
The Spaniard was able to push the steering back into its position, turn the car in the righ🗹t direction and return to th🤡e pitlane without any serious drama.
The bizarre issue even prompted FIA’s technical director Jo Bauer to pay a visit to the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aston Martin garage, likely for safety reasons.
Speaking afterwards, Alonso revea𝓡led that his dashboard had gone blank before the entire steering wheel came undone.
“The car [was] not worܫking, and I could not shift gears at one point. I had 🉐a dash off,” he said.
“I could not communicate with the team either and in the last corner, the wheel was off. So yeah, we realised that maybe t🍸he steering column of the wheel or something had a pro💎blem.
— Formula 1 (@F1)Aston Martin quickly replaced the faulty unit with a fresh steering wheel, 💖before sendingᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Alonso back out on track.
However, the two-time F1 champion finished the session more than a second off the pace in 15th place, while his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll wound up in 19th position, only ahead of Sauber’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg.
As such, Alonso is bracing for a to✤ugh race at the Bahrain International Circuit, conceding the 🅰AMR25 simply lacks the pace to run competitively.
“I think it's going to be a tough weekend, unfortunately, we seem not to have the pace before coming here.
"The characteristics of Bah𒀰rain was a little bit of a concern for us, for our package, and yeah, probably we confirm toꦛday that we are not competitive. It's going to be a tough weekend, but we will try to learn.
♍"We will try to push, and we are not giving up."
