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Alonso: I have no doubts about the Renault engine

Fernando Alonso has spent three years driving a grossly under-powered car, but his plight is supposedly set to end with the advent of Renault engines to be bolted on to the back of his McLaren next season and he believes that things will only get better. At the Brazilian Grand Prix the McLaren-Honda package was visibly lacking straight-line speed which compromised the Spaniard's ability to overtake in the heat of battle. After the race Alonso told reporters, 'We had a fantastic car but we cannot overtake. The lack of power was amazing. Even with DRS, Felipe was still pulling away.' 'For us it is a happy weekend but the lack of speed was alarming. Mexico and here we have been super-slow on...
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