Fernando Alonso, forced to start from the pit-lane in Singapore due to his Honda engine

Breaking news for the race Singapore GP of F1. Fernando Alonso changes the turbo of his Honda enginethe sixth to premiere this season when only four are allowed throughout a season, and will come from the pit-lane. At Aston Martin they took advantage and also modified part of the set-up of their AMR26 and thus broke with the parc ferme regime.

Therefore, Alonso’s options to be able to scratch points practically disappear completely, although it was already very complicated at the time. not being able to get past Q1 in Saturday’s qualifying. The Asturian already complained about the engine during the Sprint, stating that it lacked power when exiting the corners, and in the English team’s tetoya they decided to take advantage of the poor starting position to put in new spare parts.

Besides, Lance Strollhis teammate in the British team will also start from the pits at the Marina Bay circuit by modifying part of his settings on the AMR26. In the case of the Canadian, no new parts were introduced in its power unit.

The two Aston Martin drivers will not be the only ones to start from the pit lane. Isaac Hadjar Max Verstappen’s teammate at Red Bull, too changed the ICE and turbo of your engine after the problems in the Sprint on Saturday and will have to stage another comeback to get something positive out of Singapore.