Like teammate Esteban Ocon, Alonso was 🌌one of a handful of drivers who were put on a one-stop strategy.

The Spaniard was running as high as ninth but dropped back as his tyres degraded, ultimately being forced into a second late p꧋it stop.

Alonso relinquished a spot in th⛄e top ten when he was o🥂vertaken by Pierre Gasly, who managed to get ahead after the two-time champion’s tangle with Lance Stroll.

The incident with Stroll was reported to the stewards but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:both d♔rivers were cleared of any wrongdo🐻ing.

While Alonso labelled the strategy by Alpine as “very optimistic”, he said he’d rather see ris꧋ks be taken than opting for a conservati🤪ve approach.

“I couldn’t drive!” Alonso said after the race in Barcelona. “I think we were in a very optimistic strategy with one-stop and I knew that [💜the drivers behind] were coming, I tried to hold five or six cars behind me for a couple of laps but it was not enough.

“But I would rather prefer to risk that strategy and try to take that point than sit there behind and not scoring. We were brave today, maybe too💯 brave. I ༺think there is some work to do in the race pace and the tyre management but happy in general with the weekend.”

Teammate Ocon fared better tha𒊎n Alonso but his one-stop strategy meant he fell to ninth, nearly losing tenth to Gasly on the final lap after losing 20 seconds to the Frenchman in the closing six laps.

Alonso was still encouraged by Alp❀ine’s pace at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya despite clas🎃sifying 17th at the end of the race.

“We didn’t know if [the performance at🌠 Portimao] was track-specific or a real improvement on the car and here we confirmed that we are going in the right direction,” Alonso added. “There’s still some work to go in terms of different driving style, different way of trying to set up for me in the car… I have some homework for😼 sure.

“I think we felt more compe🍌titive here and it’s good. We want more, we will not stop here and hopefully more to come at Moꦏnaco.”