Alonso, who as soon as famously described his Honda energy unit as a “GP2 engine”, made the comment within the course of a fraught race that saw him finish 11th.
He acquired a five-second penalty after he made a mistake and crossed the pit entry, suffered a prolonged delay within the pits, and struggled for a lot of the race with a automotive that had a problem with a dislodged aero half.
Singapore was the primary time in 2023 that Alonso, who was the group’s solely consultant within the race after Lance Stroll’s qualifying accident, had missed the factors.
Krack understood why the Spaniard was so pissed off within the cockpit.
“As a group, we have to acknowledge if a driver is vital,” he mentioned when requested by Autosport about Alonso’s remark.
“Clearly there’s not the efficiency that he is anticipating, and that he is used to, after which I believe it is okay.
“We would like them to offer the whole lot, after which it is regular that additionally sportsmen react like that. So it is not an issue.”
Alonso had been on schedule for a stable sixth place in Singapore when his race started to disintegrate.
“We thought we had rhythm,” mentioned Krack. “I believe we knew upfront that it will be troublesome to go along with the entrance guys. So I believe on the medium, the whole lot ran fairly stable.
“Then after the security automotive we fitted the onerous tyres, and we struggled a bit extra, we have to perceive why. To a degree the place we mentioned when the digital security automotive got here we weren’t certain that we may go the complete distance with an honest stage of efficiency.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR23, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A523
Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
“And we determined to vary, after which the sequence of occasions, the penalty, the pitstop went flawed, after which we got here out in a very unhealthy place. And that was it on the finish.”
Alonso had regarded robust on lengthy runs in Friday observe in Singapore, and Krack admitted that the group wanted to assessment what went flawed over the course of the weekend.
“We have to actually perceive what occurred,” he mentioned. “We even have somewhat bit of injury on the automotive that we have to perceive, how a lot it did.
“We had a problem on one of many suspension fairings, an aero half. We noticed it on the pitstop, and we noticed it within the footage.
“We had three completely different specs of tyres. And Singapore can be someplace the place you run shut in site visitors on a regular basis, which is affecting at all times rather a lot and you do not know how a lot are others saving, how a lot are individuals managing? So this is likely one of the most troublesome races at all times to grasp.”
Krack downplayed Alonso’s pit entry mishap, which triggered the penalty.
“We have to assessment that,” he mentioned. “As a result of there are some settings to be made, in the event that they have been made, and if he was additionally reminded to do them. So I will probably be cautious about [calling it a] mistake till now we have analysed that.”