Alpine insist they are ‘not failing’ Alonso

Alonso scored a solitary point at the Austrian Grand Prix weekend but it was a case of ruing what was lost rather than celebrating a point-scoring finish from a back-of-the-grid start.

Alonso qualified ninth for the sprint race but an electronic problem with his A522 meant he never left the grid.

As such he started Sunday’s grand prix from the final row of the grid, the Spaniard racing his way up to sixth place before having to make a double pit stop due to a tyre issue.

He finished the race P6, claiming the “points keep avoiding us”.

It is not the first time he has lost out on a good result, Spanish daily AS claiming he should have ’50 or 60 points’ more.

It begs the question have Alpine let him down, something team boss Szafnauer was quick to deny.

“It’s not that we’re failing Fernando, there are several reasons why he hasn’t scored points,” he told the publication.

Source: https://www.planetf1.com/news/alpine-not-failing-fernando-alonso/