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Alonso: Vandoorne failure to start "amazing"

McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso says it is “amazing” a Honda engine failure stopped his team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne from even starting the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vandoorne was withdrawn after Honda found a problem with the Belgian’s engine on the reconnaissance lap to the grid. Honda has not revealed the cause but initially believed it is the same MGU-H problem that caused multiple failures across practice and qualifying. “Amazing,” Alonso replied when Vandoorne’s failure to take the start was put to him. “Amazing, you know, because we’ve been working very hard, and Stoffel is working very hard. “This weekend he had so much bad luck with power unit changes, and then...
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