Fernando Alonso admitted he “did not perform well” at Imola – but still thinks he is suffering from an enforced lack of prep for his F1 return.

The two-time former World Champion scored his first point since Singapore 2018 by inheriting P10 after an eventful, rain-affected Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when a penalty was issued to Kimi Raikkonen, dropping him from ninth to 13th.

But the Spaniard feels his comeback with Alpine from two years out of Formula 1 continues to be hindered by only having had one-and-a-half days of pre-season testing – likening it to an athlete heading to the Olympic Games short of the required training.