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Alonso hails performance despite DNF

– Fernando Alonso described his Indy 500 experience as "one of the best" of his career and revelled in his performance, despite retiring from the race due to an engine failure.Alonso fought up front for the bulk of the 200-lap event and headed the pack for several spells, scrapping among Andretti team-mates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi.Alonso was running in the lower reaches of the top 10, and striving to make progress, when he slowed along the main straight on lap 179 when his engine expired.Alonso received a standing ovation from the spectators as he climbed from his stricken machine, before another team-mate, Takuma Sato, went on to take a popular win."It's...
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