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Alonso just happy to still be standing

 XPB Images Fernando Alonso's return to the Australian Grand Prix ended up with the Spaniard upside down although unscathed following a huge collision with Esteban Gutierrez's Haas. The Mexican driver was barreling down to Turn 3 with Alonso hot on his heels, but appeared to slightly drift left into the braking-zone path of the McLaren which hit the Haas rear left, catapulting Alonso into the wall before his car dug into the gravel  trap and barrel-rolled. The first camera view provided an image of a McLaren which appeared reduced to an old scrap of carbon-fiber but fortunately its driver had walked away. "It was a scary moment and a scary crash, and I'm lucky and thankful...
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