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Alonso: I knew my Mum would be watching on TV

Fernando Alonso was wearing a bandage on his knee and a grimace on Monday when he bumped into Blick correspondent Roger Benoit at a Melbourne beach. 'I slept badly and have sore ribs,' said the Spaniard, who had flipped and rolled his McLaren-Honda a day earlier after running into Esteban Gutierrez at 300kph. The entire sporting world and beyond was relieved to see Alonso otherwise unscathed, and pondering what next step F1 needs to make to improve safety. For instance, as the smashed remains of the car had landed upside-down, Alonso was able to quickly climb out of the open cockpit 'as I knew my Mum would be watching on TV'. But if his car had the FIA-supported ‘halo' device...
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