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Fernando Alonso hails fifth consecutive points finish

Fernando Alonso continued his streak of points scoring finishes this season as he finished eighth at the Spanish Grand Prix – his home race. Alonso is one of just three drivers to have scored in every race of the 2018 season so far, with championship leaders Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel the other two. Speaking after the race, Alonso says he thought points would have been 'impossible' after he dropped down the order at the start of the race when he had to run wide to avoid the spinning Romain Grosjean. 'We lost positions on the first lap with the incident at Turn 2, so we found ourselves in a very difficult position in lap two and then I felt it was impossible to get the points...
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