Australian Grand Prix – Fernando Alonso believes McLaren’s pace at the season opener was a one-off performance. Alonso surprised in qualifying with 13th and was running in tenth for the majority of the race before retiring from the race with a handful of laps remaining. The Spaniard still believes McLaren are at the back of the grid, however. “I think we are last. That’s the performance we are at now,” he said. “We were tenth because the qualifying lap yesterday was extremely good. I was lucky at the start to gain one positon and Grosjean’s retirement gave us the second one. “I think in normal conditions we should be last.” Alonso was able to fend of Esteban Ocon and Nico...
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