Fernando Alonso has declared himself "extremely happy" with his performance during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, despite a straight-line speed deficit costing him valuable time.
Alonso will start 12th on Sunday after missing out on a Q3 spot by just two-tenths – a gap he doesn't believe he could have made up, even though he caught a slow Daniil Kvyat on his final run.
"No, not really, the lap was good, lap was clean, did the maximum, happy with the performance at the end," explained the Spaniard when asked if Kvyat, who had a puncture after htting the wall, held him up.
"Obviously P12 is not ideal to start, but with the deficit here with the power, we know how much is in terms of timed laps, being 1.2 [seconds] from Hamilton in Q2, that’s definitely a very, very good performance for us and I’m extremely happy."
Looking ahead to Sunday's race, Alonso said Honda's top speed deficit and high fuel consumption would likely be a problem.
"Well I mean there is not much you can do apart from trying to have a good exit from Turn 10 and then defend, but there are things you cannot defend, they will be side by side in the middle of the straight.
"Doubts for tomorrow, not only on power but fuel consumption will be very high, so we have some problems to solve but nothing we can do."
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