Alpine F1
Fernando Alonso
"I'm happy to be back in the points today. In the race I made some good moves at the start and gained some positions. We were a bit unlucky with the timing of the Safety Car and some others were quite fortunate. We were probably in the fight for seventh or eighth without it. I then made a mistake when I tried to overtake Pierre [Gasly], which was my fault and I apologise. Overall, I think our race pace seemed to be good. It was also very hot and humid, so it was quite challenging physically for us. We'll take the points today as I think we deserved it."
Esteban Ocon
"What a race! A big thank you to the team for all the hard work overnight putting back together what was a pretty broken car after that big shunt in practice on Saturday. They are the real stars this weekend. For me, it feels great to come away with points after starting from the back of the grid and I'm definitely leaving happy after such a tough day yesterday. The car and the strategy were great, it was a well-managed race and we're capping off an exhilarating first race weekend in Miami in style. Now we need to keep that momentum as we head back to Europe for the next round."
Laurent Rossi, chief executive officer
"We're satisfied with today's race as it's been a decent recovery effort to save our weekend. We come away from Miami by returning to the points with both cars, which was important after tasting disappointment in Imola. Credit to Esteban for driving a strong race to go from the back of the grid to eighth place. This would have not been possible without his car crew's exceptional work in preparing a new chassis after yesterday's incident. To score points is a just reward for everyone's efforts. Fernando too drove a solid race, especially at the start to move himself into points scoring contention. In the end, with the five second time penalty, it's ninth place, which we'll certainly take after yesterday's qualifying. Miami has proved to be an excellent event both on track and off it, so congratulations to everyone at the team for their hard work this weekend. We must build on our points haul and we now look forward to Barcelona where we return to more familiar grounds. We're hungry to restart a points-scoring streak over the next string of races."
Note: Received before the FIA stewards issued a further penalty to Alonso, dropping him out of the top ten in Miami.
