Alonso, who once described his Honda powerplant as a “GP2 engine”, made the remark during a difficult race which saw him finish 11th.
He received a five-second penalty after making a mistake and crossing the pit entrance, suffered a lengthy pit delay and struggled for much of the race with a car that had a problem with a dislodged aerodynamic part.
Singapore was the first time in 2023 that Alonso, who was the team’s only representative in the race after Lance Stroll’s crash in qualifying, missed the points.
Krack understood why the Spaniard was so frustrated in the cockpit.
“As a team we have to recognize if a driver is critical,” he said when asked by Autosport about Alonso’s comment.
“Obviously there’s not the performance that he expects and that he’s used to, and then I think that’s OK.
“We want them to give everything, and it’s normal for athletes to react like that too. So it’s not a problem.”
Alonso was on time to claim a solid sixth place in Singapore when his race began to fall apart.
“We thought we had a good rhythm,” Krack said. “I think we knew from the start that it was going to be difficult to play with the first ones. So I think on the medium everything went pretty well.”
“Then after the safety car we put on the hard tyres, and we had a bit more trouble, we need to understand why. To the point where we said when the virtual safety car came we didn’t We weren’t sure we could cover the entire distance with a decent level of performance.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR23, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A523
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
“And we decided to change, and then the sequence of events, the penalty, the pit stop went wrong, and then we came out in a very bad position. And that was right at the end.”
Alonso had looked strong during long runs during Friday’s free practice in Singapore, and Krack admitted the team needed to review what went wrong over the weekend.
“We really need to understand what happened,” he said. “We also have some damage to the car which we need to understand the extent of.
“We had a problem with one of the suspension fairings, an aerodynamic part. We saw it during the pit stop and we saw it in the photos.
“We had three different tire specifications. And Singapore is also a place where you drive in tight traffic all the time, which always affects a lot and you don’t know how much others save, how much people manage? So this is the “one of the most difficult races to understand.”
Krack played down Alonso’s accident at pit entrance, which triggered the penalty.
“We need to revisit this,” he said. “Because there are certain adjustments to be made, if they have been made, and if he has also been reminded to do them. So I will be careful to [calling it a] error until we analyzed this.
Alonso, who once described his Honda powerplant as a “GP2 engine”, made the remark during a difficult race which saw him finish 11th.
He received a five-second penalty after making a mistake and crossing the pit entrance, suffered a lengthy pit delay and struggled for much of the race with a car that had a problem with a dislodged aerodynamic part.
Singapore was the first time in 2023 that Alonso, who was the team’s only representative in the race after Lance Stroll’s crash in qualifying, missed the points.
Krack understood why the Spaniard was so frustrated in the cockpit.
“As a team we have to recognize if a driver is critical,” he said when asked by Autosport about Alonso’s comment.
“Obviously there’s not the performance that he expects and that he’s used to, and then I think that’s OK.
“We want them to give everything, and it’s normal for athletes to react like that too. So it’s not a problem.”
Alonso was on time to claim a solid sixth place in Singapore when his race began to fall apart.
“We thought we had a good rhythm,” Krack said. “I think we knew from the start that it was going to be difficult to play with the first ones. So I think on the medium everything went pretty well.”
“Then after the safety car we put on the hard tyres, and we had a bit more trouble, we need to understand why. To the point where we said when the virtual safety car came we didn’t We weren’t sure we could cover the entire distance with a decent level of performance.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR23, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A523
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
“And we decided to change, and then the sequence of events, the penalty, the pit stop went wrong, and then we came out in a very bad position. And that was right at the end.”
Alonso had looked strong during long runs during Friday’s free practice in Singapore, and Krack admitted the team needed to review what went wrong over the weekend.
“We really need to understand what happened,” he said. “We also have some damage to the car which we need to understand the extent of.
“We had a problem with one of the suspension fairings, an aerodynamic part. We saw it during the pit stop and we saw it in the photos.
“We had three different tire specifications. And Singapore is also a place where you drive in tight traffic all the time, which always affects a lot and you don’t know how much others save, how much people manage? So this is the “one of the most difficult races to understand.”
Krack played down Alonso’s accident at pit entrance, which triggered the penalty.
“We need to revisit this,” he said. “Because there are certain adjustments to be made, if they have been made, and if he has also been reminded to do them. So I will be careful to [calling it a] error until we analyzed this.
