Aston Martin provide update on Fernando Alonso seat after recent issues

Mike Krack has explained the lengths Aston Martin has gone to as it seeks to remedy the seat issues that forced Fernando Alonso into retirement at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The two-time F1 drivers' champion lasted just 23 laps at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before calling it a day, with no threat of rain and any realistic hopes of scoring points out of the question.

It was an issue that also plagued the Spaniard in the sprint in Montreal, but it is not clear if it is a consequence of his crash during qualifying for the one-third distance race.

The 43-year-old explained that the position of his seat did not feel right and that left him becoming "more and more uncomfortable" as the laps went on.

With Alonso expecting the Silverstone-based squad to produce a new seat for this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, Krack was quizzed on the current status of the issue.

"We were here from Tuesday morning with Fernando, so a lot of work went into it on Tuesday, with a lot of variations," the team's chief trackside officer told media, including RacingNews365.

"Now, the driving is the real test [because] we see it statically; it's not always the same. But I think we made a really small step in the right direction.

"He was mildly confident that this is going to be an improvement, but I would not be surprised if we have to do another tweak over the sessions to get him really comfortable."

However, Krack was quick to point out that it is not merely one issue, such as the angle of the seat, adding: "You cannot just change one thing, because then you need to change the pedals, you need to check the regulation height and all these kinds of things, the steering wheel distance...

"So it's never one single thing, so it's a complete set of changes, and that makes it a bit complicated if you have not driven."