Alonso unhappy with 5th

By Sam Cooper
April 17 2007

Spains reigning double world champion Fernando Alonso is disappointed with his miserable 5th position, while team mate Hamilton soared up to 2nd.

"After this race I'm left with a bit of a bitter taste for not having been able to climb onto the podium which was the main target,"

Alonso managed to finish 14 seconds behind race winner Felipe Massa, Alonso was struggling that much that Nick Heidfeld overtook him.

I couldn't do more than what I did, and in the end it's four points and we finished the race and as I said I tried to do the best I could," he added. "I wasn't very comfortable with the car, and in the end I did the best I could."

"After these first three races I didn't think I would be sharing the lead in the championship with the Ferraris when we thought they were on another planet," added Alonso. "So we'll arrive in Barcelona in good conditions and leading the championship."