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Alonso: I didn't expect it

During a somewhat mundane United States Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso managed to inject some excitement with his pursuit, battle and overtake on Williams driver Felipe Massa and Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz late on in the race. Alonso made up for McLaren's disappointment at Suzuka, Honda's home track, to finish an unexpected fifth at the Circuit of the Americas. The Spaniard admits,'I didn't expect it. Obviously it was a very good race, a very good result for us. We took advantage from Kimi and Verstappen DNFs.' 'The pace was not good all weekend long, and wasn't good in the race, but enough to be close to the guys in front and then we differed the strategy with Toro Rosso 'They fit the soft,...
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