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Brown was in 'disbelief' over Alonso's FP1 failure

McLaren chief Zak Brown says he was in a “state of disbelief” over Fernando Alonso’s stoppage during the opening stages of the first practice session in Spain. Alonso emerged from the garage for his out lap on Friday morning but a power unit failure, caused by an oil leak, pitched him into a half-spin entering Turn 3, bringing his session to an early halt. The failure was the latest in a long list of problems for McLaren-Honda so far in 2017; Alonso was able to return to action in FP2, but set the slowest time in the session amid more power complaints. “Sadness… disappointment… just kind of a state of disbelief,” Brown said on his feelings of...
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