Alonso expects more: "We deserve to be much higher"

Fernando Alonso is upbeat about the speed of his Alpine A522. According to the two-time world champion, he should have been higher in the standings. In Saudi Arabia, Alonso did not score any points because he crashed out with technical problems.

Alpine F1 Team is starting the 2022 Formula One season reasonably strongly. In Bahrain both cars managed to finish in the points and in Saudi Arabia Esteban Ocon finished in a neat sixth place. A place where Alonso could have finished if he didn't have problems.

"We deserve to be much higher in the standings after two races. Our car has been good and the performance has also been good over the weekends," Alonso says in a press release from his team.

In Jeddah, Alonso seemed to be on his way to a sixth overall finish, but then his car stalled with technical problems. The 40-year-old driver says he is frustrated by missing out on points, but remains positive about the pace the A522 had on Sunday. Currently, Alonso's stands in thirteenth place in the drivers standings with just two points behind his name.