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Was steering failure cause of Alonso test crash?

The cause of Fernando Alonso's mysterious crash during Barcelona testing may now be clearer, as it emerges that the Spaniard felt a heaviness in the steering seconds before the incident. Until now, McLaren-Honda has insisted the incident that sidelined its star driver for more than a month was not due to a technical failure. Indeed, as recently as Monday, the British team said an exhaustive investigation showed 'nothing' abnormal in the telemetry or as a result of the 'subsequent reconstructions and laboratory tests'. Also until now, Alonso has seemingly had no recollection of the crash, having reportedly even lost twenty years of memories in the immediate aftermath. But McLaren revealed...
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