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Alonso: No time for coffee in new F1 cars

Fernando Alonso has welcomed the new aerodynamic regulations and believes they are more in line with how Formula 1 racing should be. The Spaniard was forced to retire in Australia after spending much of the race defying expectation in the MCL32 by running in the top 10. But, despite his disappointment about how his race finished, Alonso was happy with how it felt to drive a 2017 car and that the biggest difference could be felt through the corners. “When you lose the car a little bit on the rear end especially, it’s difficult to recover because you are fast on the corners,” said Alonso. “So you have half a tenth of a second to react. Last year you had four seconds...
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