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Alonso defends McLaren's ‘improved' form
On the back of a wretched weekend for McLaren in France, Fernando Alonso has again defended their form, adamant the situation has 'improved' a lot compared to last year. Although McLaren began this season with a spate of double points-hauls, that has dried up of late. The team has not scored since Spain and last weekend suffered their worst qualifying of 2018 as neither driver made it out of Q1 – and neither scored on the Sunday. Despite that Alonso says 2018 has been a step in the right direction for McLaren and new engine partner Renault. 'We had zero points [this time] last season,' he told the official F1 website. 'The situation changed a lot and improved a lot. 'We are not where...
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