ernando Alonso maintains that McLaren-Honda's performance is the worst in F1 and claims they will be last on the grid at a "normal" circuit. Alonso exceeded expectations at the season-opening Australian GP, qualifying 13th and he was running in the points for much of Sunday's race before being forced to retire late on with a suspension issue. Stoffel Vandoorne was last of the drivers to finish in 13th. While McLaren avoided the major reliability issues that dogged them in winter testing, their speed remains poor with Vandoorne slowest through the speed traps in qualifying and Alonso third last. "I was driving one of my best races so far and we were surprisingly in the points...
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