Fernando Alonso blames Charles Pic

Although he won another podium by taking second place for his national Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso believes that he could perhaps have taken victory if he had not found himself stuck behind the Marussia MR01 of Charles Pic. The Frenchman received a penalty for not respecting the blue flags before retiring following a problem with his engine shaft. car. “We were a little unlucky”, comments the Asturian. “We had a Marussia that received a penalty, which was not the solution to the problem at hand, but hopefully people start to understand that you have to respect the rules, which they didn't do today 'today. This clumsiness perhaps costs us victory. »

Nevertheless, the Asturian who occupies the leading position in the Championship with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) is pleasantly surprised by the performance of his F2012 even if his teammate Felipe Massa only takes 15th place. “We are surprised by the number of points we have and by the result this weekend”, specifies the pilot Ferrari. “We were confident about the developments of the car and they were better than we expected because we were fast both in qualifying and in the race. However, I still don't know where we are. We have to wait to compete in more races to stabilize the hierarchy. I think we performed better relative to the true level of the car, while other cars fell short of their true potential. We can in any case be proud of our position because we had a very bad start to the season and we now lead the Championship a quarter of the way through the season. »

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