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Alonso: ‘Midfield leaders’ Haas now McLaren's benchmark
Fernando Alonso believes Haas has emerged as Formula 1’s early midfield leaders in 2018, adding he hopes McLaren can remain within touching distance of the US squad. Haas enjoyed a strong pre-season test at Barcelona and had already been tipped by the likes of Mercedes to surprise this year heading into this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The team set the lofty target of being within half a second of engine suppliers Ferrari in 2018, an aim that appeared to be a reality on Friday in Melbourne, as Romain Grosjean impressed with the sixth-fastest time in FP2, just 0.2s shy of Sebastian Vettel. Grosjean’s laptime has led Alonso to believe Haas will act as McLaren’s...
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