Fernando Alonso had an unfortunate weekend at the China Grand Prix. The Asturian failed to get any point or In the Sprint race or in Sunday’s race consolidating as the colist of the classification of pilots of the Formula 1. To make matters worse, the two -time champion also competed with a neck injury that he explained after the race.
«We had a little neck protection. He had been pinched for a few days, of some nerve or something. In the end it did not help much because we did not do too many laps, ”said Fernando Alonso on the medical tapes that were suggested on his back when he attended to journalists.
Aston Martin’s star I had not had such a bad start since the 2017 season When he piloted for the then disastrous McLaren-Honda team. On this occasion, Fernando Alonso hopes to be able to turn around and be able to pilot 100% in the Japan Grand Prix in the Suzuka circuit, One of his favorites and also one of the most demanding for the neck.
The requirement of the Japan first sector with a series of intertwined curves that make the pilots have to face 5G forces. Fernando Alonso hopes to be 100% his neck for that test, although the recovery approach does not help in the least.
The Asturian, who suffered a hard accident in Australia after losing control of his Aston Martin for the gravel, also wanted to complain about the break on the current two -week calendar. «It’s going to be hard. A week now at ‘Jet Lag’ house and then go to Japan and have a bit of the same thing again. But we are used to it. We will try to train a little and improve what you can, ”he said.
Fernando Alonso’s neck, reference
If there is something that has been recurrent in the career of Fernando Alonso has been the way he has worked his neck To withstand all the pressure to which Formula 1 pilots are subjected. The Spanish has been exemplary in this facet and has always presumed it on social networks with various publications.
Now At 43, this ailment appears at the most inopportune moment, Although fortunately it has not been aggravated because he could barely take four turns to the Shanghai circuit before the brakes of his Aston Martin said enough. Now Fernando Alonso is back home in search of rest and to rearrange their ideas after a start of the season far from marked expectations.
