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Alonso: McLaren just slow in qualifying
Fernando Alonso feels he extracted the maximum performance from his McLaren during qualifying for the French Grand Prix but concedes his Q1 exit in 16th place is down to his car being slow. Fresh from triumph at the Le Mans 24 Hours, Alonso has received a stark bounce back to reality with McLaren in Formula 1 as both the team’s cars failed to get out of Q1 with the two-time F1 world champion qualifying in a lowly 16th place. Alonso says his starting position comes as no surprise to the team having initially predicted qualifying “between P14 and P15” as he admits it is purely due to a lack of one-lap performance from his Renault-powered MCL33. “The car was working but it was...
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