Alonso's heart is in 'racing' after Alpine-Ocon breakdown

Fernando Alonso says "my heart is in racing" after a frosty Brazilian Grand Prix weekend with Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon.

After qualifying fifth and sixth for the Sprint race at Interlagos, Ocon squeezed Alonso at Turn 4 on the opening lap, before the two made contact later on the first lap while climbing the hill from Turn 12.

This broke Alonso's front wing and effectively ended his Sprint, with the stewards handing him a grid drop and penalty points having deemed him to be at fault.

Alonso - who slammed Ocon before the penalty was handed out - thus dropped to 17th on the grid but recovered expertly to snatch a fifth-place finish - just behind Charles Leclerc and 9.561s off race winner George Russell.

Despite having had more amicable relations with Ocon on Sunday - including being waved through to attack on the Safety Car restart - Alonso was keen to move on ahead of his 2023 Aston Martin switch.

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