Listen to this article Alonso was forced out of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after just five laps, having picked up damage to the floor and sidepod of his Alpine after contact with Mick Schumacher on the opening lap. Alpine called Alonso into the pits when part of the sidepod on the right-hand side of his car detached on the main straight, ending his hopes of scoring any points over the Imola weekend after already slipping back from sixth on the grid in the sprint race. The setback came after Alonso failed to score any points in Australia despite believing he had the pace to fight for pole position, only for a hydraulic issue to cause him to crash in Q3. The two-time world champion has just two points to his name after four races, compared to teammate Esteban Ocon’s tally of 20. “I prefer to finish the season better than start it good and then finish it bad,” Alonso said after retiring from the race. “So if you want to choose one way, it is [to do it] the other way around and finish on a better performance. “But at the same time, whe …