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Crash with Gutierrez was a racing incident - Alonso

Fernando Alonso says Esteban Gutierrez was not to blame for the big crash that took both drivers out of the Australian Grand Prix, classing it as a 'racing incident'. Just before the mid-way point of the 2016 season opener Alonso and Gutierrez made contact on the run to Turn 3, with the McLaren hitting the wall hard and flipping several times. The FIA stewards investigated the collision but took no further action. 'I’m thankful I’m alive and that nothing serious happened – it was a big shunt,' Alonso said. 'A combination of factors caused Esteban [Gutierrez] and me to end up crashing. 'I was in the car flying and bouncing around – I could see the sky, then the...
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