As far as reliability issues go, Fernando Alonso experienced the worst of the worst last year with a shocking six race retirements. The Spaniard was forced to deal with a very unreliable Alpine power unit which gave him so many problems that he began to count down the days until he could complete his move to Aston Martin in his post-race interviews. Alpine’s executive director Bruno Famin has now offered an explanation for why the team struggled with their power unit so much, revealing that certain tests and protocols were skipped to allow the engine to be produced on time. “We took quite a few risk, in fact,” Famin told Motorsport.com. READ: F1 chief makes bizarre Michael Schumacher...
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