Fernando Alonso feels McLaren has no hope of achieving anything in Sunday's Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. With Honda 10mph down on its rivals on straightline speed at Monza, Alonso and team-mate Jenson Button were again knocked out of qualifying at the end of Q1, finishing 17th and 16th respectively. Read what he said after the cut
Asked whether he had any hope for the race, the double world champion replied:
"No, nothing. As happened in Spa if you overtake cars at the start, or you start in front of them because of penalties, they will pass you on lap one so it's even more frustrating. Nothing has changed. We will try to do our race, to learn things on the car and finish as high up as possible.
It's not the best situation, but unfortunately it is the way it is at the moment because we are not competitive at all. I know it's a little repetitive what we say, and it's so negative because we are out of Q1 and we are so slow. We know we are last which is frustrating for everybody in the team, but it's a period we need to go through altogether."
Alonso believes data from this weekend's running at Monza proves just how much McLaren is losing out on the straights.
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