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Alonso talks crash, contradicts many McLaren claims

Fernando Alonso has given full details about his accident during pre-season F1 testing, debunking McLaren's own suggestions that a gust of wind caused him to crash and saying there was 'clearly' a technical problem with the car. Facing the media for the first time since his crash at the Circuit de Catalunya just over a month ago – which left him in hospital for three nights - Alonso was grilled over the circumstances of the accident, which McLaren initially said was caused by gusty weather conditions. However, Alonso took the opportunity in the FIA press conference to counter many of the original claims, including several that came from McLaren itself, insisting he crashed because the...
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