Talking after the race, he stated: “It was okay, the beginning was good. Clearly a variety of motion in entrance of us so we capitalised on that however apparently there was a little bit of particles on the entrance brake ducts and the temperatures had been over the moon.
“We tried to mitigate that, shifting the brake stability rearwards and completely different actions, but it surely was nonetheless not below management so sadly we needed to retire the automotive – a bit unfortunate as we speak.”
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The Spaniard hasn’t had the most effective of luck in relation to landmark events in F1 – he additionally suffered a DNF at his three hundredth Grand Prix again in 2018, in addition to his two hundredth on the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Requested whether or not it hurts extra as a consequence of it being such a particular milestone, Alonso defined: “It hurts at all times the identical, to be trustworthy, whenever you don’t see the chequered flag. It doesn’t matter which quantity.
