Otmar Szafnauer has rubbished suggestions that Alpine are 'failing' Fernando Alonso, saying there are 'several reasons' he's lost out on points. Alonso scored a solitary point at the Austrian Grand Prix weekend but it was a case of ruing what was lost rather than celebrating a point-scoring finish from a back-of-the-grid start. Alonso qualified ninth for the sprint race but an electronic problem with his A522 meant he never left the grid. As such he started Sunday's grand prix from the final row of the grid, the Spaniard racing his way up to sixth place before having to make a double pit stop due to a tyre issue. He finished the race P6, claiming the 'points keep avoiding us'. It is not...
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