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Fernando Alonso: “It wasn’t possible to do any more”

The Scuderia Ferrari team secured a double points finish in the inaugural Russian Grand Prix at Sochi, although Fernando Alonso could only finish sixth, a full minute behind race winner Lewis Hamilton, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen a further eighteen seconds behind down in ninth. Alonso could only finish sixth, and was forced to hold off the challenge of Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo for a number of laps to secure his position. He admitted it was a relatively uncompetitive weekend for the team, and was hindered by the need to manage the fuel consumption that seemed particularly high in Russia for a number of teams. “Today’s race followed the pattern set in the earlier part of a...
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