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Fernando Alonso reckons his runner-up spot was a perfect result in Sunday’s French Grand Prix after a second successive defeat at the hands of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari.
The world champion put his second place down to an excellent case of damage limitation, and warned that while his Michelin-shod Renault didn’t have the pace of Schumacher on Sunday, this would not always be the case in the future.
“That was a long, tough race for me but in the circumstances, a perfect result,” he said.
“Given where I started on the grid, I think second is everything I could have hoped for because we knew that Michael was a bit quicker this weekend – like in Imola and the Nürburgring.
“Back then, everybody thought that Michael would win all the races after two wins in a row, and we responded very strongly.
“Hopefully, we can do the same at Hockenheim in two weeks’ time.”
Alonso lost out to Schumacher’s team-mate Felipe Massa at the start of the race and admitted that the Brazilian had cost him time as the pair fought over second place.
But while the Spainiard, who has won six times this season and only finished off the podium once (when he was fifth in the US GP), moved ahead of Massa in the stops, he said there was no chance of building on his victory tally this weekend.
“The car was okay, we put a lot of fuel in the stops to go quite long and at the end of the run the tyres were not in perfect condition after I pushed at the beginning of the stint with a heavy car," he said.
"But it worked nice and we had this few tenths down compared to Michael to win the race, but to be second after a difficult weekend for us is a perfect result."
Team principal Flavio Briatore paid tribute to Alonso afterwards, who he said had made the most of a tough day.
“This turned out to be a difficult weekend for us, and Fernando got the best possible result from it,” he said.
“Of course, it is disappointing not to win the race in front of the 6000 Renault personnel who were at the race today, but we are staying calm about the championship and we still have a good advantage.
“The team is working hard to develop the car and engine at Enstone and Viry, and we know what is coming in the next few weeks.
“Michelin will be pushing even harder to regain the advantage in Hockenheim, and I am confident we can come out on top in Germany.”
Alonso’s team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella finished the race in a distant sixth position after suffering from severe tyre graining during his second stint.
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