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Alonso's comeback derailed by sandwich wrap

Fernando Alonso’s return to Formula 1 at Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix was ended prematurely by a sandwich wrap. Alpine told Alonso that he had lost the rear brakes and would need to retire for safety reasons in the second half of the race, after what had been an encouraging opening stint. After analyzing the car once it was back in the garage, Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski said an unfortunate piece of debris was to blame. “It’s not the best start to the season for us as we had our fair share of bad luck throughout the weekend; both in qualifying and the race,” Budkowski said. “Both cars made a good start and gained some places on the first lap with Fernando holding...
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