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Alonso: Double DNS is completely unacceptable

Fernando Alonso has labelled McLaren-Honda's back-to-back DNSs 'completely unacceptable', adding that he'll only stay with the team in 2018 if he believes they can win. The double World Champion failed to make the start grid at the Russian Grand Prix when an ERS put him out on the formation lap. His DNS came just one race after team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne recorded one of his own, the Belgium racer retiring on his way to the grid even before the formation lap. 'I still don't know what happened exactly in Sochi,' Alonso said in Thursday's FIA press conference. 'We had a problem with the ERS on the formation lap. 'I tried to restart the whole thing but the last attempt the car wouldn't start....
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