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Alonso never imagined he'd still be racing at 40

Birthday boy Fernando Alonso says he never imagined early on in his career that he would still be racing at the highest level of motorsport at the ripe old age of 40. The Alpine driver celebrated his 40th birthday at the Hungaroring on Thursday, the venue where he won his first F1 race, 18 years ago, driving for Renault. But for Alonso, age is just a number, and it's a bigger number than what he feels. "I feel not 40 for sure," he said. "It's the number, but it's surprising me as well when I see it, when I see everywhere in the motorhome, because the team prepared a very nice decoration in my room and in the lunch area as well. "It's a bigger number than what I feel,...
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