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Alonso's Indy 500 dream goes up in smoke

Fernando Alonso stole the show during the week of the Indianapolis 500, as Alonso-mania descended on the Brickyard and despite running strongly during the race, leading at times and always at the sharp end, his Honda engine expired with 20 laps to go. It was familiar heartache for the McLaren driver whose Formula 1 campaign has been problem packed this season, and indeed resulted in his Indy 500 foray. Ironically engine problems continued to plague him. The Spaniard qualified and led 27 laps of the 200 lap race, running five side-by-side as he tussled among the front-runners for most of the race. Report in progress…
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