Fernando Alonso glad with his third position in the Singapore Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Fernando Alonso of Ferrari remains satisfied with his third position in the Singaporean Grand Prix because he lost his championship points to one title contender only, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, despite having a comparatively slow car.
Alonso believes that the weekend at Singapore was strong because they only lost points to one title contender only while they gained points with other contenders. The championship points consist of very tight competition among the top order, currently.
He said, “It is a very positive weekend and a very strong weekend. With the four title contenders we lost points with one and with the other three we increased the advantage.”
The championship leader enjoyed the third round of qualifiers of the Singaporean GP, the most because it was due to that qualifying round which landed him on the 5th grid. He believes that if he were low in the grid he could have faced problems during the
race.
He added, “We were not very competitive this weekend and we were struggling a little bit with the pace of the car. Yesterday we managed to put together a good lap in Q3 and that was a little bit the best part of the weekend because if you put yourself at
the rear [of the grid] you are in problems for the whole of the race.”
The Spanish driver said that had some close fights in the race. His fifth position during the first lap was acquired by Paul di Resta of Force India however he managed to get it back during the first and second corners of the circuit.
He is not happy with the timing of the safety car because he had changed his tyres earlier therefore he could not avail a free pit stop as other drivers did. Additionally, he said that with all the difficulties they faced making it to the podium was an impressive
ending for him.
After the Singaporean GP Alonso holds 194 championship points. He is followed by the Red Bull driver Vettel with 165 points. He has already stated that he does not need to defend his title if the victories in the remainder of the season go divided among
the drivers attaining top positions.
Let’s see how he performs in the remainder of the season because he has also said earlier that he will be targeting the runner up in the championship which is currently Vettel.
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