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Alonso’s fifth place ‘more or less expected’
Fernando Alonso McLaren’s Fernando Alonso says his fifth-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix was where he expected the team to be despite a switch of engine supplier and a pre-season hampered by reliability concerns. The two-time world champion was a vocal critic of previous engine partner Honda and championed a switch to Renault power for the British squad for 2018. Despite both of its cars missing the final period of qualifying, McLaren was able to take advantage of DNFs for both Haas cars to secure a double points finish with Stoffel Vandoorne in ninth. Alonso’s charge to fifth place equalled his best finish with McLaren since re-joining the team in 2015 and is something the...
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