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Alonso ‘disappointed'

Fernando Alonso was 'disappointed' as McLaren's first day of pre-season testing was undone by an oil systems problem. Having spent Sunday conducting a filming day with McLaren-Honda, in which the MCL32 covered 100km, Alonso headed out onto the Barcelona circuit on Monday morning to officially begin his pre-season testing. It came to a halt after just one lap. The Spaniard was forced to return to the pits with McLaren revealing that his car had suffered an oil systems problem. He only re-emerged in the final two hours of testing. 'We are disappointed, sad to arrive to the first day and not be able to run,' he said. 'We have four days for each driver before the World Championship starts. Now...
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