Alonso: We thought it would be a little easier in Monaco.

      Fernando Alonso showed the twentieth time in the second practice of the Monaco Grand Prix. In comments after the session, the Aston Martin driver spoke about the fact that there were more difficulties than the team expected.

      His teammate Lance Stroll closed the protocol of the Friday session. The team's press service did not publish comments from the Canadian driver about the first day of the race weekend.

      Fernando Alonso (20th): "A difficult day. We expected to achieve more and thought it would be a bit easier. We believed that in Monaco we would have a chance to fight for something more than usual. Unfortunately, it turned out that the car is difficult to handle, the gears up and down do not shift as they should, and in Monaco the gearbox must work perfectly.

      So we have a lot of work to do this evening, but I hope that before the third practice and qualifying we will change a lot in the car. Let's hope for the best.

      It is quite clear that we need to change the engine response and its behavior when shifting gears up and down. The recovery system is very complex and affects the shifts.

      Speaking of the chassis, today the front wheels lacked grip on the track, and we need to work on that. There is a lot of work ahead, but we will try to do everything we can.

      On Thursday, I returned to how the seat was positioned in the cockpit in 2025; the position is exactly the same. Thanks to this, the cockpit placement was perfect today. Now we need to focus on speed."