Fernando Alonso to start from back of grid in Spanish Grand Prix

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Fernando Alonso has taken a fourth internal combustion engine , turbo ,MGU-H, MGU-K, plus a third energy store , control electronics and his fourth of eight allowed exhausts .

All these changes are worth more than 15 places of grid penalties . Since Alonso is already P17 , it would not hurt the team much and Alonso will start his home grand prix from the back of grid .

On his Q1 exit , Alonso said , “It was a misunderstanding in qualy . I started a lap behind Lando thinking that I had one or two seconds margin with the red light. But then I had like 20 seconds margin.If I knew that in advance, I would create more gap with Lando and do my own lap. But I heard in the radio ‘it’s very, very tight, you need to go now, now, now’. So I went immediately when they told me and it was not necessary at the end.”

“So that was a misunderstanding obviously with a high price because at Barcelona if you start at the back, everything becomes more difficult.”

He also added ,”It’s a high price to pay here because as we know it’s very difficult to overtake on this track, a lot of tyre degradation when you run behind cars.

“Let’s see tomorrow because in the last few races people who have started towards the back of the grid have had a well-timed Safety Car and then are inside the top ten. I’m one of those tomorrow. So if I have one of those mega fantastic Safety Cars in the right moment, maybe I get lucky and I take a couple of points, but I doubt it. I think it’s going to be difficult race.”

Alonso’s penalty means Lance Stroll, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi are effectively promoted one place apiece on the grid .

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