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Alonso: Running on ovals made me quicker on the straights!

If anyone ever doubted how good Fernando Alonso really is, they would have been enlightened by his mighty performance during qualifying for his home Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard endured a frustrating Friday in which his McLaren came to a halt after a few corners in FP1 due to yet another Honda failure. Then in FP2 he was slowest of all. Things got better in the Satruday morning FP3 session, as he ended tenth fastest on the timing screens. A couple of hours later he was simply stellar as he wrestled the greatly under-powered and finicky McLaren to seventh on the grid, to a standing ovation from fans in the stands and the amazement of everyone in the paddock. In Q1 Alonso was half a...
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