Fernando Alonso's last Singapore Grand Prix reminded everyone why Formula 1 will miss the Spaniard, when he departs the top tier, as he delivered a gutsy performance on the night, wrestling his McLaren from 11th on the grid to seventh place in a car that simply should not have been Best of the Rest.
Alonso made the difference on the night, the double F1 World Champion told reporters after the race, “I’m really, really happy with seventh."
"Normally something happens in front of us, but today all six cars [from the top three teams] finished the race."
“P7 is a small win for us. We executed the race to perfection today – good strategy, good tyre selection, and good points.”
Alonso and his team made the right call to start the race on the harder Pirelli Ultrasofts and was able to go longer than his rivals, and on fresh rubber he held the fastest lap of the race for a few laps.
But it was no cruise for the McLaren driver, “We still had to open some gaps in case of safety cars and we didn’t know when people behind us might stop, so we were opening the gaps."
"So it was a race where even if we were alone we were controlling some of the gaps ahead and behind, so it was not that boring!” exclaimed Alonso who now lies eighth in the championship standings.
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