Sainz scored his first podium for Ferrari in Monte Carlo when he finished second behind Max Verstappen.
Alonso spent five seasons with Ferrari between 2010 and 2014 and made 44 podiums.
When Alonso thought about his Spanish compatriot’s first top 3 finishes for Ferrari, he felt that his podium finish with the team wasn’t getting the respect they deserved.
“I remember that five or six years ago I had nine or ten podiums per season,” said Alonso after the race in Monaco.
“There was a funeral after that in the press conference: ‘When are you going to win?’ And now I think, when I see that we have 97 podiums, I think that especially the last five or six years of those podiums probably weren’t taken into account , we see now.
“But no, very, very happy for Carlos, I spoke to him on the starting grid, at the time he was already on the podium at the national anthem because he finished third after the Leclerc problems. It was even better with the Bottas edition.
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“Also a good start to the championship, hopefully we can see a race win soon. But we know that Mercedes and Red Bull are still ahead on a normal track. It was an opportunity, he must take it, so it was good. “
Alonso has had a difficult return to Formula 1 and has had problems getting on an equal footing with Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon.
Assessing his chances for the rest of the season, he added, “Yeah, I think it’ll be more if it’s not a street circuit. Baku is an unhappy moment. In a way, the start of the season isn’t the best possible calendar for a new driver.
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“I had Imola, I had Portimao, two tracks that I have raced for years or never, like in Portimao. The guys competed in the championship months ago. Two road laps, Baku and Monaco, so the first six races of the championship, four, are extremely difficult to get used to. Hopefully a new championship will start for me from France.
“On the steering side, I hope we get something that I can feel a little better about [with] the balance of the car and more feedback than I feel now. “
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