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It was precisely the day that seemed most complicated when

cut short his streak of four races without scoring.

No less than 11 positions, from the bottom of the grid to ninth place at the finish line, his biggest comeback since the 2018 Austrian GP. "It's like a victory and I hope that from now on we start scoring points consecutively" , valued the leader of Alpine, who will have the first opportunity in Monaco on Sunday to continue progressing.

"We still have to improve on Sundays, but today we have done a good job. It has been a race on our part, in strategy and tire management", analyzed Alonso, who on Saturday night had decided to change the engine, aware of the extreme difficulty of reaching the points.

"It's the world upside down," he specified, without mentioning the ugly memory of Jeddah, Melbourne or Imola, when his effort deserved a greater reward.

He also almost tiptoed over his mechanics' mistake during the second

, when the left rear wheel seemed totally seized.

So similar, by the way, to what was seen in Miami just two weeks ago and that he clearly

and

, sitting in front of the time monitors.

In any case, those 5.9 seconds of

did not greatly change his situation against

, who crossed the finish line eight ahead, or

, who arrived almost four behind.

However, as soon as he rejoined the asphalt, Alonso had already recovered with a nice overtaking in front of

.

By lap 34 he had also shaken off

, although his best move of the afternoon came on lap 7 against

at the end of the straight.

"They did their job in Miami"

Despite having these factors in his background, Fernando did not hesitate to speak of "another strange weekend", since in his opinion, the A522 had the pace to climb to sixth place, achieved by

or seventh, by

.

The Frenchman, who was only left without adding in the Emilia Romagna GP, already leads him by 26 in the World Cup.

In any case, Alonso's parade through the Montmeló mixed zone left some even tastier comments.

Especially in relation to his conflict with the FIA, which he himself aired in Montmeló, during the official press conference, prior to the first free practice sessions.

"Reflecting on Miami and what I said on Friday, maybe I see it in a different way now," he admitted.

"The stewards did their job and from the car, in the heat of the moment, things are seen differently," he rectified.

"We all work together to improve the show," added the double winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, shortly before reiterating his great relationship with the FIA ​​president.

"

is a good friend," he stressed about the Emirati.

"I have a lot of confidence in his way of leading the changes and in everything he wants to improve," he assured, after confessing that he had apologized to the stewards and "especially" to the president of the regulatory body.

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