Fernando Alonso admitted that Aston Martin were not yet in a position to challenge Red Bull for victory in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He will start alongside the Mexican on the front row of the grid for tomorrow's race in Jeddah, despite being pipped to second place in qualifying by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. That's because Leclerc has a ten place grid penalty for taking an additional electronic control unit coming into the weekend. Starting from second means Alonso will have a chance to attack Perez into the first corner. “All in all we have to be very happy with starting on the first row of the grid tomorrow," he said. "To see us fighting in Q3 again is a positive...
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