Alonso pleased to capitalise on Aston Martin’s improved performance to score in Sepang

Well, Fernando, it looked like a lot of fun out there. What a drive for me. How pleased are you with that, for yourself and for the team? Very pleased. Obviously, there are not many weekends where we can score points and on those occasions we cannot make any mistakes. I think today was a well-executed race and I'm happy for the team. I know that you got a bit of help out there with retirement and various things. It was more help for the cars that stopped on the formation lap. That was the biggest help. First time I see it. I mean, I had half of the races this year with ENF and we never stopped the race. I hope they can do it next time we stop. Well, I'd like that for that day. But you're pleased, though, are you, with the performance overall? Yes, I think I'm pleased. Obviously, we were better at the beginning, starting on the slick tyre. We didn't know the conditions. Obviously, it was not the best cold there, but we kept together the car on track. We were faster than the Ferraris back at that point, etc. So, we stayed out. Then, obviously, the safety car was the biggest help, regrouping everything and a new race from that moment onwards. But, yes, overall it was a more competitive weekend and we capitalised on that performance.