Alonso confessed that he’s missing confidence within the AMR23 after uncharacteristically struggling huge spins on the high-speed observe on each Friday and Saturday.
Finally, he couldn’t better 13th in qualifying, whereas his team-mate Lance Stroll was solely 18th.
“Very tough,” mentioned the Spaniard when requested by Autosport about what the incidents mentioned in regards to the automobile. “Yesterday [Friday] on the high-speed corners, I misplaced the automobile, in the present day on the kerbs, I misplaced the automobile.
“It appears that evidently we’re on the sting at all times on the grip. And we have been gradual in each session. So it isn’t a nasty qualifying, or something like that.
“We have now been struggling the entire weekend. So yeah, tough. We have to work all collectively to get again to our greatest degree, which is clearly not the one we’re displaying.”
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Nevertheless, Alonso burdened that the disappointing efficiency in Mexico wasn’t simply in regards to the automobile.
“This weekend has been significantly troublesome for me,” he mentioned. “I do not know, possibly Lance was a bit bit extra assured this weekend, however I used to be not.
“I used to be not doing a superb job, this weekend, I felt at all times on the backfoot, and I used to be at all times not trusting the automobile.
“And as I mentioned, an enormous spin yesterday at excessive velocity might have been into the wall or something like that. So I used to be not at my finest both. So we want all to enhance.”
Aston is focussing on its new package deal in Mexico after splitting the automobiles within the US GP, and Alonso believes that it’s the fitting determination.
“Clearly, we had the Austin race additionally, which we used as a evaluate between the 2 packages,” he mentioned. “And the outcomes have been clear in favour of the brand new package deal.
“So we have no issues about that. However evidently we’re not very assured now on the automobile. Driving, we can not extract the utmost. And that is penalising lots.”
He added: “Additionally on this observe, we have been shedding like one or two tenths per nook. It isn’t only one sector that we’re simply lacking. Now the lap time is simply regularly gradual.
“So we have to discover extra efficiency. As I mentioned, everyone seems to be making an attempt to do their finest. So I nonetheless really feel assured that we’ll present higher from now till Abu Dhabi.”
Alonso urged that the present issues with the automobile transcend particular set-up points.
“I do not suppose it is the set-up,” he mentioned. “We have been making an attempt completely different set-ups lots currently. Since Singapore, I feel we have been experimenting a bit bit extra with the automobile.
“Additionally in Austin, we had the right alternative, beginning on the pitlane, to actually experiment even additional.
“We had the three periods right here. So I do not suppose is simply the set-up. So it is extra as much as the package deal and us drivers to really feel a bit bit extra assured.”
Alonso nonetheless believes that he can have a powerful race on Sunday: “We scored factors in Austin ranging from the pit lane. So tomorrow, hopefully we will nonetheless rating factors beginning on the grid.
“I feel the temperatures and working behind automobiles is at all times an enormous penalty right here in Mexico, due to the temperatures and issues like that.
“So it will be powerful for everybody. It is a race to see the chequered flag, and we’ll see what occurs within the entrance as effectively.”