article_snippet: It is a case of short-term pain for long-term gain as Fernando Alonso said: 'These reliability problems are normal.
article_snippet: What you normally find in winter testing, we have to find in the first couple of races unfortunately.
article_snippet: we need to accept maybe some retirements and we are ready to do so. '
article_snippet: Definitely it has been a very nice weekend and a very nice surprise to see the improvements from Australia to here. '
article_snippet: If we keep up this rate then we will enjoy success very soon.'
article_snippet: Here we were much more competitive in qualifying, running with everyone in the race, which was a very nice surprise. '
article_snippet: But not finishing the race is never a nice feeling, so let's see if 's can improve next time.'