Retiring from the Italian Grand Prix as he fought for seventh place, Aston Martin has revealed a spray of gravel on the opening lap “compromised” Fernando Alonso’s suspension and ultimately led to his retirement.

Qualifying eighth at the Monza circuit, Alonso’s hopes of bringing home a solid points finish were undone on lap 25 when he suffered a sudden suspension failure.

Fernando Alonso lamented: Always these things happen when we have a scoring race

The Spaniard’s front suspension failed as he ran over the kerbs on the exit of the Ascari chicane, the driver bemoaning “suspension failure, this is unbelievable” as he limped back to the pits to retire his A525.

“The suspension seems to have broken and we had to retire,” Alonso explained to DAZN.

“It’s a kerb we had been using all wee

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