Fernando Alonso extended his points scoring run to four races in a row, after snatching tenth place off Williams Racing’s George Russell in the closing stages of the Austrian Grand Prix. Team-mate Esteban Ocon retired on the first lap.
After starting in fourteenth place, Alonso had a lot of ground to make up if he wanted to keep his points run going. The veteran Spaniard dug deep throughout the race where for almost the entirety of it, he sat behind Russell who was occupying the final points spot.
With four laps remaining though Alonso made his move on Russell and climbed up to tenth, extending his run of consecutive points finishes and adding a single point to the team’s tally. Alonso despite being happy with the point, believes he deserved more.
“It was difficult to score points today and we knew this starting from so far back. We are happy with the point, although we know we deserved more this weekend, but it’s better than nothing. It was a tense and a good battle with George [Russell] on-track this afternoon and in the end, we had better tyres and managed to accomplish the overtake.
“On a positive, we saw some good improvements from the team this weekend and the car felt good across all three days here. I feel more confident now going into Silverstone for the next race with the car and the tyres and I’m enjoying being more competitive.”