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‘Demo run showed Alonso is not that slow'

Clocking a 1:39 as he put in a lap in the Renault R25 in Abu Dhabi, Daniel Ricciardo says Fernando Alonso showed the world he's 'not that slow' ahead of his F1 return. Alonso will be back on the Formula 1 grid this season, having signed with Renault for a third stint. Ahead of his return, the Spaniard was reunited with his title-winning Renault R25, the car in which he claimed the 2005 World Championship and ended Michael Schumacher's five-year reign. Alonso put the car and its V10 engine through its paces at the Yas Marina circuit in December, a moment that not only excited Formula 1 fans but even his rivals. 'I watched the onboard. It was pretty cool,' Ricciardo told Marca. 'I guess...
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