We need to score more points - Alonso
The double world champion and Renault Formula 1 Team driver, Fernando Alonso, reflects on his 8th place in yesterday's Bahrain Grand Prix, but the Spaniard admits that he had higher hopes for the race.
"In some ways it was quite an uneventful race for me, which was pretty much decided after the first corner. I didn't get a good start like I did in Malaysia and I therefore lost ground and dropped down to eighth. After that I knew it would be a difficult race..."
Why did the first lap determine your race?"All the teams are so closely matched this season and most of the cars around me were running similar strategies. We therefore had to rely on a mistake or a retirement from the cars ahead if we were going to move forward in the race. We were the eighth fastest car and we finished eighth and so the race reflects our level of competitiveness at the moment. However, it's a bit frustrating as we could probably have scored more points if I had made a better start."
Was it a positive weekend overall?"Of course because we scored a point and finishing regularly in the points is our priority at the moment. However, we need to score more points each weekend and so I'm a bit disappointed with the result. We now have two weeks to improve the car; to find performance and to move step-by-step towards the front. The team is working hard and we are moving in the right direction so we just need to continue like this."
Source Renault
