Alonso told a similar story in his post-qualifying interviews as he gets set to line up two spots behind team mate Lance Stroll, who made it through to Q2 and placed 14th.
“A lot of traffic – I think that was a killer for our qualifying,” he lamented. “I think I lost three-tenths out of [Turn] 11, with a car just in front, then another two-tenths in the last corner… There were three cars parked there, starting their lap.
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“No one’s to blame, I think they cannot vanish in the very last moment. This is Monaco, the cars are very big, they cannot disappear. We found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time today, and this is very painful here in Monaco.”
Pushed on how difficult the race will be, he said: “Yeah, very tricky. I think it’s going to be a parade of cars tomorrow, but nothing we can do. You need to do the job on Saturday, we didn’t manage it today, so we need to do better next time.”
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