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Fernando Alonso: “We were in the wrong place at the wrong time”

Fernando Alonso made one of the starts of the season in the Singapore Grand Prix and was set to be a net third place heading into turn one, only for the Spaniard to be the innocent victim of the clash between the two Scuderia Ferrari drivers and Max Verstappen. The McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team racer had started eighth but was set to fall in between Lewis Hamilton, only for the out-of-control Kimi Raikkonen to crash into Verstappen on the apex of turn one, which in turn pitched Alonso into a spin that saw him take air, and although he continued on, the damage was too much and he was eventually forced to call it a day at the end of the eighth lap. “My start was brilliant,” said Alonso....
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