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Alonso ‘felt stupid’ for obeying F1 track limits on opening lap of Austrian GP

Alonso expressed his disappointment once again after the race as Daniel Ricciardo and Charles Leclerc allegedly gained an unfair advantage on Lap 1 by running wide deliberately at Turn 1 to get ahead of the Spaniard.  The Alpine driver was comfortably beaten by Ricciardo and Leclerc, ultimately finishing in tenth after overtaking Williams’ George Russell into Turn 4 in the closing laps of the race.  Reflecting on what happened on the opening lap at the Red Bull Ring, Alonso described it as “unfair”. “We raced in Austria two times in two weekends and I was the only one overtaking cars at the start, braking very late for Turn 1 one on the inside,” Alonso said. “I overtook...
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