Portuguese Grand Prix – Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has said that anger stemming from his poor qualifying performance lead to his points scoring position on Sundays race. The two-time world Champion was bitterly disappointed with his Saturday performance after qualifying 13th on the grid. By contrast, his teammate Esteban Ocon put his car in sixth, highlighting the teams’ progress this weekend. Alonso didn’t get the best of starts and initially dropped down to 15th, but with a long opening stint he made it up to sixth. Pitting on lap 40 and switching to the mediums, he was able to claw his way through the field passing McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to...
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