Fernando Alonso has the questionable distinction of being the first, yet undoubtedly not the last driver, to take a motor punishment with Alpine placing him onto his fourth PU in Spain.
He will begin his home race from the precise back of the matrix, as affirmed to PlanetF1 from Alpine with the accompanying assertion:
'Fernando will begin the present Spanish Grand Prix from the rear of the matrix because of a motor change. It will be his fourth power-unit of the time causing a framework punishment.'
Alonso qualified a humble P17 for the Spanish Grand Prix, the Alpine driver one of a few got out in the rush hour gridlock in Q1.
In what has turned into a conventional frantic scramble in the last couple of moments of Q1, there were 55 separate episodes all through passing of drivers easing back in the pit exit to develop a hole to the vehicle ahead.
That implied there was a gridlock as those behind attempted to get track position for a last flying lap.
Alonso even attempted to overwhelm vehicles ahead in the line to be impeded, rather than wrongfully as he wasn't on a hot lap, via Lando Norris.
As such Alpine have selected to accommodate his A522 with another motor, the Spaniard's matrix position limiting the 10-place network punishment.
He'll join Nicholas Latifi on the last column with Alex Albon up to P18 and Lance Stroll beginning seventeenth.
In spite of the fact that he told Sky Sports subsequent to qualifying that "at Barcelona assuming you start at the back, everything turns out to be more troublesome", the twofold World Champion actually expects what he yields is an improbable top-ten appearance.
"There isn't a lot of you can do," he added. "This is Barcelona, not much surpassing, a ton of tire debasement when you run behind vehicles. So how about we see.
"The last several races, individuals began at the back, they got exceptionally fortunate and they scored focuses. I'm one of those.
"So on the off chance that I have one of those mega fabulous Safety Cars in the right second, perhaps I luck out and I take several focuses, yet I don't think so. I believe being troublesome race is going."
Alonso has scored only two focuses this season, the driver down in sixteenth spot in the standings.
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