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Alonso on P13: ‘I drove like an animal!'

Fernando Alonso said he 'drove like an animal' as he wrestled his problematic MCL32 to P13 on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix. The Spaniard was two tenths away from reaching Q3 and overshadowed his team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne once again, who could only manage P16. Alonso is doing his very best to spare McLaren's blushes as much as possible, and is now hoping for a 'chaotic' race on Sunday so McLaren can at least be competitive. 'I was driving like all the animals,' Alonso told Sky Sports F1. 'We really pushed the maximum. We felt really noncompetitive in FP3 so we went into Q1 with pessimism in the targets. 'I did the lap flat out in some corners, not caring too much about the risks...
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