Fernando Alonso was left satisfied with his P9 result – which later became P8 following George Russell’s post-race disqualification – in the Belgian Grand Prix, with the Spaniard crediting the team’s strategy call as helping to make it happen.
After starting from eighth place on the grid, Alonso extended his first stint on the medium tyre before pitting for the hard compound in his only pit stop of the race. This worked out well for the two-time world champion and he was pleased to claim points, despite the squad still being some way back from the leading four teams.
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“[I’m] happy with the result,” said Alonso. “I think the top four teams are out of reach, as we know, so ninth is like a bit of a win for us. Those two points are good.
“I think the pace was not great the whole race, but the team did a very good call on the strategy – only one stop, same as Russell, and it was the strategy to follow this year and, yeah, we took these points.”
