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Hasegawa: Ashamed I did not give Alonso a good engine

Throughout the problem packed past three years of the McLaren-Honda partnership, their star driver Fernando Alonso has made his dissatisfaction known which split opinions within the Japanese company's management. Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa admits he is embarrassed that he could nor provide the goods for the Spaniard to deliver results and victories on track, but also reveals that there were people within his organisation that did not take kindly to Alonso's often harsh criticism. In a startlingly frank and honest interview with El Confidencial, Hasegawa revealed, 'Alonso always put pressure on me. If the car was going badly, he had no qualms about telling me he was not...
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