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Honda: Oil leak caused Alonso stoppage

onda has confirmed that an oil leak was the cause of Fernando Alonso's stoppage during the early stages of the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix.Alonso emerged for his out lap at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya but was pitched into a half-spin on the entry to Turn 3, and abandoned his MCL32.Large volumes of fluid poured out of the car as it was craned away to safety, while Alonso did not re-appear on track across the remainder of the session."[It was an] oil leak on Fernando's car," a Honda spokesperson confirmed."The issue is under investigation. In the interest of time we are changing the power unit."He will be back out on track during FP2. ESS...
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