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Alonso: ‘Qualifying still not our strongest part'

Fernando Alonso has said McLaren still have lots of work to do to improve in qualifying after only managing a familiar P13 in Baku. Alonso will actually move up a place to P12 because of Nico Hulkenberg's five-place grid penalty, but McLaren are still proving to be no match for Red Bull or Renault despite having the same engine as them. “Qualifying still isn’t the strongest part of our weekend,' Alonso said. 'But a lot usually happens during a street race, and at this track in particular. “There’s no room for mistakes around this circuit: it’s very windy, dusty, the walls are very close, and you cannot push or over-drive the car. 'It’s also a mentally...
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