Fernando Alonso reflected on a
“very difficult” weekend at the Australian Grand Prix for the Aston Martin
team, with the Spaniard admitting that they had struggled for pace despite
ultimately scoring a double-points finish.
Alonso made ground during the
race after starting from P10 on the grid and was running in P6 as the event
reached its latter stages, though faced pressure from a chasing George Russell
behind. After getting close to Alonso on the penultimate lap, Russell lost
control of his Mercedes and crashed out of the running.
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Both Alonso and Russell were
later summoned to the stewards, with Alonso subsequently being handed a drive
through penalty – converted to 20 seconds being added to his race time – as
well as three penalty points for what was deemed to be “potentially dangerous”
driving.
This dropped the two-time world
champion from P6 to P8 in the final classification. Speaking before the penalty
had been given, Alonso acknowledged that the weekend had generally not been
entirely smooth throughout.
