The Canadian has scored solely 47 factors thus far in 2023 in comparison with the 183 of Alonso, and a sequence of incidents – notably the large qualifying crash in Singapore that caused him to miss the race – haven’t helped.
Then, final trip in Qatar, he brought on controversy when TV cameras caught him throwing away his steering wheel after which seemingly pushing his trainer after he didn’t make it via Q1.
Alonso says he’s attempting to assist Stroll to resolve his points in no matter approach he can.
“We’re all serving to him,” mentioned Alonso. “I am attempting to do my greatest as properly, my half.
“If I discover one thing within the automobile that I really feel extra snug, I am clearly listening to all of the debriefs, as a result of we’re collectively in the identical room.
“No matter issue that he is expressing, I am attempting to recollect what may have been a assist for me up to now, or in set-up or no matter.
“So yeah, we’re working very shut collectively to seek out the suitable path for the group, and attempt to rating factors with each vehicles.”
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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin F1 Group
Alonso insisted that there have been indicators of velocity from Stroll not too long ago, even when that hasn’t translated into outcomes.
“I believe he is been extraordinarily unfortunate with some conditions,” mentioned the Spaniard. “I believe the tempo and the velocity shouldn’t be that far when all the things goes regular, like within the race in Qatar, the race in Japan, we have been inside one tenth of the second.
“When he was doing this great comeback from seventeenth to ninth in Suzuka he had the rear wing failure.
“So all that is simply hitting your confidence as a result of, it is like in soccer, once you went two or three matches, all the things goes excellent. If you lose two or three matches, you begin getting stress, and also you attempt to ship the job within the subsequent one. So we want a clear weekend.
“Qualifying particularly is essentially the most intense a part of the of the weekend in the mean time, with Q1 being so tight, the sector, if in case you have an unfortunate out-lap, if in case you have something that impacts these laps, then the race weekend is compromised once you begin on the again.
“So we simply want a clear weekend. And hopefully this one is the place to begin.”
Alonso admits that it will not be simple to optimise the automobile in Austin with the restricted working obtainable on a dash weekend, however he stays optimistic concerning the group’s possibilities.
“The largest problem for us is, as ordinary, the dash format,” he mentioned. “You solely have FP1, so a few laps the place you’ll want to arrange the automobile, after which make additional choices between FP1 and qualifying, which usually are only a guess, that all the things will work advantageous.
“One thing that will work advantageous for qualifying on one lap, it does not match for the race on Sunday, however you’ll want to guess all these compromises.
“So that is the problem that we face, it is the identical for everyone.
“We’ve some new elements as properly, like most people. We speak about our personal stuff, however I do know that Haas I learn that they’ve additionally a brand new automobile, AlphaTauri new flooring, Mercedes, all people attempting to convey upgrades to the automobile.
“After which you’ve gotten just one session, which clearly shouldn’t be sufficient to optimise all the things.”