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The recent Italian Grand Prix at Monza proved to be a challenging and disappointing affair for Fernando Alonso, who finished just outside the points in 11th place. Despite a promising start where he overtook Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg, the Spaniard’s efforts fell short in the end.
Running comfortably within the points for much of the race, Alonso’s pace dwindled, causing him to lose positions to competitors Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen in the closing stages.
“Disappointed because we did a very good start, overtook Nico [Hulkenberg] and then very good strategy with the two stops, we undercut Alex [Albon] and were running P9 comfortably,” said Alonso via Formula 1.
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However, a performance faltering post-second pit stop shattered his hopes of a strong finish
.But at the end with the second stop, we could not catch quick enough Alex and we finished a second behind him and one-tenth behind Magnussen so for one second, two positions [lost] is costly and painful,” he added.
A particularly stinging blow for Alonso came in the final laps when he narrowly missed capitalizing on Magnussen’s 10-second penalty. As a result, Alonso could not secure the points he’d hoped for.
