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Alonso expected McLaren struggles in France qualifying

McLaren F1 Team‘s qualifying result for Formula 1's French Grand Prix was ‘expected', according to driver Fernando Alonso, who could only manage sixteenth on the grid at Circuit Paul Ricard. Just a week after winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota Gazoo Racing, Alonso struggled for pace in the first eighteen-minute qualifying segment at Le Castellet, and he could and could only manage a spot on the eighth row of the grid for Formula 1's first race in France for a decade. Team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne also failed to advance into Q2, lapping two tenths slower than Alonso and securing an eighteenth placed grid slot ahead of tomorrow's race. In a week where it has been...
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