Alonso explains bizarre steering wheel break in Bahrain GP FP2

Two-time Components 1 world champion Fernando Alonso suffered from a weird second through the second follow session in Bahrain when his steering wheel indifferent from his Aston Martin. 

Simply two laps into the session, Alonso’s steering wheel show went clean and moments later, the wheel indifferent from the steering column. Over the crew radio, he exclaimed:

“Change the steering wheel,” Alonso mentioned. “There’s an issue with the steering wheel; it’s switching off.”

Addressing the odd second with the media following follow, the Spanish driver defined: “Yeah, the automotive [was] not working, and I couldn’t shift gears at one level, so yeah, I had a splash off.

“So, I couldn’t talk with the crew both, and yeah, within the final nook the wheel was off. So yeah, we realised that possibly the steering column of the wheel or one thing had an issue. The mechanics rapidly modified the components and every thing was high quality.

“So yeah, a second there, however because of everybody within the storage to repair it fairly quick.”

Aston Martin shared the next replace on the time: “We had a steering wheel problem on Fernando’s automotive which we need to resolve within the storage. Upon additional investigation, we’re altering components of the steering system on Fernando’s automotive.”

Alonso was capable of get again out to finish the session, throughout which he positioned fifteenth quickest on the timesheet. Sadly, the 43-year-old remains to be not feeling optimistic concerning the weekend.

“I believe it is going to be a robust weekend, sadly, we appear to not have the tempo earlier than coming right here,” he mentioned.

“The traits of Bahrain was a bit little bit of a priority for us, for our bundle, and yeah, in all probability we affirm at this time that we’re not aggressive. It should be a tricky weekend, however we’ll attempt to be taught.

“We are going to attempt to push, and we’re not giving up.”