Aston “didn’t have the pace” in Barcelona F1 race

Alonso started only eighth after two mistakes in qualifying compromised his session and gained only one position to finish seventh in the race behind team-mate Lance Stroll.

This marked the second time in 2023 that he hasn’t been on the podium for Aston Martin, with Alonso noting: “We didn’t have the pace, so that the biggest problem.

“It was not that we were unlucky or on differing strategies or anything like that, I think we were slow compared to the Mercedes…