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Brown: A wheel-nut issue, we’re fine no big deal

Fernando Alonso did six laps of the Barcelona circuit before crashing into the gravel after a wheel came off his McLaren at the start of Formula 1’s pre-season testing on Monday, but his team boss is not concerned. The former world champions, who are starting a new engine partnership with Renault after three troubled years with Honda, played down the incident. “We had a wheel-nut issue, we’re fine,” executive director Zak Brown told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Alonso going back out again before the lunch break for a further four laps. “All the teams will have a variety of issues throughout testing, that’s exactly what it’s for,” added the American....
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