“I had some much harder races in the midfield pack, which were harder to manage with more pressures than this race.
“We spoke about it together as well. I heard he was a tricky team-mate to work with, I heard he was playing tricks, he was not fair with the team-mates inside, he was ruthless.
Alonso picked up his younger team-mate to celebrate with him in parc ferme and told Sky Sports F1 afterwards: “I’m super, super happy.