A late puncture 15 laps from the finish robbed Hamilton of a safe third place finish.
Alonso, who cleared the air with Hamilton this week after leaving the previous controversial race in Hungary with the two not on speaking terms and McLaren fighting to control the infighting, welcomed the sudden stroke of luck.
"To be overtaken by two cars and find yourself sixth at the first corner is not great," he said. "You just have to wait for the miracle and it only happened with Hamilton.
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