The Renault driver holds a bittersweet outlook on his Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Alonso finished fifth, but noted that he took advantage of several pieces of good fortune.
Sebastian Vettel takes the first win of the 2018 season, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen.
The Spaniard will start from tenth in tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix after grid penalties take their course.
The Mercedes driver will start fifteenth after a gearbox change was deemed necessary, courtesy of damage from his Qualifying 3 crash.
Lewis Hamilton took a seventh pole position at the Australian Grand Prix with a new all-time lap record. Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel took second and third for Ferrari.
The 20-year-old looked competitive throughout the day, ending the two sessions in third and second respectively.
The Australian faces a three-place grid penalty, but is optimistic about his long run pace after a testing first Friday at home.
Mercedes topped both Friday sessions at Albert Park thanks to Lewis Hamilton with Valtteri Bottas second, then third.
Valtteri Bottas recovered from technical problems in Free Practice 1 to close the gap to team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Despite topping both Free Practice sessions on Friday in Australia, Lewis Hamilton has said he’s excited about the prospect of competition.
Renault’s chief race engineer discusses the Albert Park street circuit, the host of the season opening Australian Grand Prix.
Toto Wolff believes that Red Bull will join Ferrari and Mercedes in the title hunt in 2018.
The double world champion says that McLaren have a good early understanding of their 2018 challenger.
Esteban Ocon says that Force India can challenge for points in 2018’s season opening race in Australia.
The Dutchman believes that Red Bull should be aiming higher than Renault and McLaren in 2018.
The Frenchman is promoted to the new role of technical director in order to help chief technical officer Adrian Newey.
