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Alonso: 11th a 'dream' for race strategy

– Fernando Alonso has described 11th as a "dream" position to start the Mexican Grand Prix, given that he will be on the clean side of the grid, with free choice of tyres.Drivers have suffered graining with the Super Soft compound at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, and the majority of the top 10 will start on the red-marked rubber.Informed over the radio by his race engineer that he had qualified in 11th, Alonso shouted: "Yes, fantastic! On the clean side [of the grid] will be very important as well."Speaking to reporters after the session, he expanded on his comments."It was probably the best position we could dream of in terms of race strategy," he...
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