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McLaren ‘going backwards’ – each race less competitive – Alonso

class="left relative"> Share Tweet Share Share Email Fernando Alonso says McLaren is going 'backwards'. Even with the Honda era over, the once great British team remains in crisis. At Paul Ricard, there is talk of a staff revolt, the intervention of former boss Martin Whitmarsh, and a scandal farcically known as ‘Freddo-gate'. On top of that, Spaniard Alonso says the orange car is simply 'slow'. 'The problem? The car is slow,' he told reporters. 'It's the same car as the last three or four races. There is no problem with balance, it's just not fast enough. We go backwards — in each race we are less and less competitive,' Alonso added. The next problem for McLaren...
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