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Alonso: I was nice to lead the Indy 500

Fernando Alonso left the Brickyard without a fairytale victory to cap his Indy 500 adventure but had no regrets as he prepared to return to his Formula One day job with McLaren. Alonso's race finished in much the same way as many of his F1 efforts this year, in frustration and a blown engine with 21 laps remaining of the 200. Criticised in some corners for chasing Indy 500 glory rather than competing in the F1 glamour race at Monaco, Alonso said he would not have traded his experience for another drive around the glitzy Mediterranean principality. 'It's true that before coming here some of the questions were how you can trade Monaco race for Indy 500,' Alonso told reporters after playfully...
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