Alonso warns top midfield teams: 'We can score good points'
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Fernando Alonso was on course for a points scoring start to the season at Melbourne, which came to an abrupt and premature end, which he thinks was due to the layout of the circuit itself.
Alonso happy with Aston Martin car
GPblog asked the Spaniard about the shape of the AMR25 until the race-ending moment. "It was okay, quite positive from the weekend in general. I was in the mix, maybe a little bit faster than Gasly, but difficult to overtake when there is only one racing line which is dry and outside of that is wet.
"We kept Antonelli for a few laps behind, so yeah, there are some weaknesses that we need to tackle, tackle but at the same time we found ourselves in the mix with all the other cars and if we do good weekends we can score good points," Alonso said.
Alonso on his crash at the Australian Grand Prix
Despite Alonso's car feeling good, he had to abandon the battle early on Sunday. The Spaniard landed in the wall of the Albert Park Street Circuit and was the fourth dropout of Sunday's race. He explained how his crash came about.
"I need to review the incident, but it's difficult to understand at the moment. I think I was off track while putting the car on a different racing line than any other lap before. I found a lot of gravel just there in that moment where I put the rear tyre and I lost the car," added Alonso.
"That Turn 6 design probably is not the best, bringing gravel to the track. I'm not away from the track, but yeah, it was the same for everybody. And mistake today, and in five days we have another go," he concluded.
This article was written in collaboration with Esteban den Toom.
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