Fernando Alonso was forced into an early retirement on his long-awaited Formula 1 return at the Bahrain GP in bizarre circumstances - with a discarded sandwich wrapper revealed as the cause of the issue. The much-lauded two-time champion was excelling on his first F1 weekend since 2018 - qualifying ninth and running seventh in the early stages of the race - but lost pace after his first pit-stop before having to retire after his second. Alonso initially told Sky Sports F1 that there was some "debris on the brake duct" and that it was "unlucky" because of how small the hole was. The Martin Brundle F1 Column from the Bahrain GP But his Alpine team said that it was actually...
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