Confusion over his position led Fernando Alonso to believe he had secured a point in Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix, until being told he finished 11th crossing the finish line.
The Aston Martin driver spent much of the race playing the team game in building up a gap for Lance Stroll, which the Canadian could use to ditch his medium tyres and preserve his position. Alonso's understanding was that this was for the final point and, when Stroll picked up a puncture after knocking his left-rear tyre from the rim on the entry to the Nouvelle Chicane, the Spaniard believed the responsibility was his to rescue a point from the race.
' Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24 Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images Alonso reckoned that the nature of the race, which effectively cut pit strategy from its run-time owing to the early stoppage for the first-lap Kevin Magnussen-Sergio Perez incident, should once more bring up the debate over changing tyres under the red flag.
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