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Alonso insists McLaren ready for F1 opener despite reliability woes
Fernando Alonso says he feels prepared for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship season opener and could race tomorrow if required despite losing the majority of his penultimate testing day due to an oil leak with his McLaren. The two-time F1 world champion completed 46 laps before an oil leak forced him to stop on track at Turn 7 two hours into the day's track action. McLaren mechanics diagnosed the problem as an oil leak from the Renault-powered MCL33 which triggered the team’s first complete engine change while track action was ongoing. Despite a predicted three-hour change, Alonso returned to the circuit over six hours later with just 13 minutes of testing time left. Alonso has...
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