It looked so easy two years ago when Fernando Alonso thrilled fans and media Stateside during his rookie foray to the fabled Indianapolis 500, but this year with McLaren the Spaniard is finding out why the Brickyard is such a hallowed yet unforgiving shrine. It's been a torrid week of practice for the McLaren Indycar start-up, with electrical issues costing Alonso valuable track time on the opening day of practice, then a crash on day two further compounded matters as the team lost a full day (Wednesday) to prepare the back-up Dallara for action. On Thursday things got better as the #66 car got much-needed track time, allowing the double F1 World Champion to do more laps than his rival on...
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