Fernando Alonso admitted McLaren was lucky to come away from Bahrain with a double points finish, saying the team was "saved by the bell" in a race of multiple retirements to cars at the front of the pack.
Alonso and McLaren had been puzzled by its lack of qualifying pace on Saturday, where it failed to progress with either car beyond Q2. In the race Alonso was able to finish seventh, just ahead of teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, although he was behind a Toro Rosso, Haas and Renault, the teams who appear to be McLaren's main rivals in the midfield fight.