Fernando Alonso says Honda's power deficit cost McLaren 2.5 seconds per lap on Sochi's straights during qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix.
Alonso qualified 15th on Saturday after what he described as a "perfect" lap, but did not have the pace to progress beyond Q2. His lap in Q1 was 2.3s slower than the fastest time of the same session set by Valtteri Bottas, and Alonso believes all of that gap -- and more -- was down to Honda's lack of power.
"It was a good qualifying in terms of the performance of the chassis and aerodynamics," Alonso said.