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Fernando Alonso has suggested that Alpine were quicker than Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix and were unlucky not to finish on the podium as a welcome reward for their efforts. George Russell eventually managed to sneak into third place ahead of Lewis Hamilton and behind Sergio Perez and race winner Charles Leclerc at the end of the 58-lap contest on the streets of Melbourne.

Russell was gifted his first podium finish as a Mercedes driver when Max Verstappen was forced to retire with a mechanical problem during the closing stages of the race. Alonso was adamant that Alpine could have been up there on another day, though, after performing better than Mercedes over the course of the weekend as a whole.

"I think today we could have been on the podium, to be honest," Alonso told Sky Sports F1. "If we qualified third or fourth yesterday, with Max out, George in the podium.

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