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Alonso delighted with unexpected fifth place
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Fernando Alonso admitted that he hadn't been expecting to finish as high up as fifth place in the United States Grand Prix on Sunday, especially as McLaren has been struggling to find pace at the Circuit of the Americas all weekend. "No, I didn't expect it," he said. "Obviously it was a very good race, a very good result for us. We took advantage from Kimi and Verstappen DNFs. "The pace was not good all weekend long, and wasn't good in the race, but enough to be close to the guys in front and then we differed the strategy with Toro Rosso "They fit the soft, we fit the medium, so we had better tyre life at the end of the race and we took...
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