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Alonso: Penalty was a shame

Fernando Alonso failed to walk away from his 250th grand prix with a point after a post-race penalty saw him drop from 10th to 11th in the Russian GP standings. The Spaniard was warned about cutting Turn 16 during the race and was then penalised afterwards with a five-second penalty after its conclusion, with the time penalty seeing Alonso drop behind Max Vestappen and down to 11th. Despite the disappointment of losing out on a point, Alonso was buoyed by McLaren's performance in Sochi even though they remained some way off the pace. 'To have both cars finish in the top 10 at a circuit where we didn't expect to fare well, was a nice surprise,' said Alonso. 'It was just a shame to lose out...
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