Alonso: Difficult weekend so far

Nothing has gone right for Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix thus far, but he is hoping that his fortunes take a turn for the better in the race on Sunday.

In the first free practice session on Friday, Alonso had a water leak and the McLaren-Honda team had no choice but to change his engine, which resulted in a 35-place penalty and relegation to the back of the grid.

Thing went from bad to worse as a mechanical issue during the third free practice session saw Alonso fail to register a time for qualifying as he only managed to go 500 metres after the pit exit.

Having been hit with numerous problems on the first two days of the Belgian …

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