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McLaren: Sochi circuit is another one that doesn’t suit our car

Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso qualified 13th and 16th respectively for tomorrow’s Russian Grand Prix. However, Fernando will be demoted to the back of the grid after incurring penalties for changing elements of the power unit this weekend. Fernando Alonso: “In terms of power effect, this circuit was always going to be tricky for us. Whilst I’d always prefer to start up the front, I’m not really too disappointed with qualifying – with the penalties, I was always going to start last, so we tried to minimise the laps we needed to run today. And going out in Q1 means I haven’t put too many miles on the car. Let’s see what we can do tomorrow: this race will be important for us...
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