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Alonso: We are struggling but there is progress
McLaren-Honda's all-champion driver lineup of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button are putting a brave face amid a woeful start to the season and with no immediate end in sight. As in Australia, the two MP4-30s were due to line up dead last on the grid in Malaysia. The only cars slower around Sepang are the Manors, who were outside the minimum 107 per cent qualifying time. Indeed, the FIA duly confirmed that both Will Stevens and Merhi will race on Sunday, saving McLaren the ignominy of lining up on the grid dead last. The McLaren duo has, however, been unusually upbeat this weekend, even though the new works collaboration with Honda appears to be floundering at present. 'We are struggling,'...
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