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Alonso: McLaren becoming Q3 contenders

Fernando Alonso feels McLaren-Honda are heading in the right direction as he narrowly missed out on a place in Q3. Alonso is due to line up in P12 for the Austrian Grand Prix and was only 0.052s shy off 10th-placed Esteban Ocon in Q2. The Spaniard was also using an older, less powerful engine compared to Stoffel Vandoorne's 'Spec-3' power unit, with the Belgian a position behind in P13. And Alonso believes there have been a lot of positives for the team already this weekend. “It was good,” said Alonso. “I’m happy with the laps and the performance today. “I think the car felt good all weekend, and I think this position is the maximum we could achieve today....
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