BAD TO WORSE
Fernando Alonso castigated Honda after his McLaren team endured a Bahrain Grand Prix nightmare , with Belgian rookie Stoffel Vandoorne failing to make it even as far as the starting grid .
McLaren said Vandoorne , who had qualified 17th , had been ruled out by a Honda power unit problem similar to those he suffered in Friday practice .
McLaren remained last in the Formula One standings , without a point from three races and hampered by woeful reliability and a lack of performance .
Double world champion Alonso , who also had an engine failure in qualifying , started 15th and rose to 11th before retiring two laps from the end .
The Spaniard , who will miss next month ’ s Monaco Grand Prix to race the Indianapolis 500 , had already made his feelings evident in radio outbursts heard by a television audience of millions around the world .
“ How they can overtake me ?,” he exclaimed after being passed by another rival . “( They are ) 300 metres behind me , and they overtake me on the straight . I ’ ve never raced with less power in my life .”
Vandoorne posted a photograph on Twitter , with a caption laced with dark humour , of himself exercising on a treadmill , “ Going for a run , you guys up to anything this Sunday ?”