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Alonso plays down poor qualifying performance for McLaren
It's not entirely clear whether it was because neither of the MCL33s made it into Q3 or whether it was the impressive performance of the Toro Rosso duo – Pierre Gasly qualifying sixth - but in the aftermath of a relatively disastrous performance McLaren team bosses attended what some have described as an 'emergency meeting'. Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso, who qualified thirteenth, just ahead of his teammate, played down the team's performance suggesting that rather than a raft of updates not proving beneficial, much of the problem is track related. 'I think they work as expected so I think the improvements are there and the car felt better than Australia,' he said. 'I think the nature...
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