After missing Q3 by just 32 thousandths, Fernando Alonso He started eleventh on the Miami GP grid this Sunday, but thanks to a spectacular start, the Spaniard gained four places to move up to seventh. In the end he crossed the finish line eighth but his contact with Gasly earned him a 5-second penalty that relegated him to ninth place. In short, another race without reward for his efforts.
As soon as you get out of your car, Alonso has assumed his fault in the incident with Gasly before the microphones of DAZN F1: “I think the penalty is fair. I braked a little too late, blocked and went against him, so I understand the penalty. My fault and well, I couldn’t give him back the position because he was already out of race, so the five seconds is fair.
As for the race, Alonso was satisfied with having been able to add 2 points, but considers that luck continues to turn its back on them at the start of the season: “The truth is that the race was quite active, at least where I was. I had a good start, I took a lot of risks in the first corner, I touched we gained a lot of positions. Then I bumped into Gasly and they penalized me, I lost five seconds, I had a bad save and I lost another four seconds, so I was always on the wrong foot, always on the attack, so in the end scoring some points is fair And deserved. Luck I think continues to elude us, because Russell, Ocon, Albon and people who were further back, had the Safety Car just at the ideal time to finish in front of us again, so hopefully that will happen to us one day ” , he concluded.