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Alonso Blasts Midfield Drivers Following First-Lap Collision in Baku

Drivers in the midfield '[prefer] to crash into other cars rather than lifting off', says two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso. Alonso was part of a three-car incident between himself, Renault Sport Formula One Team‘s Nico Hülkenberg and Williams Martini Racing driver Sergey Sirotkin. Coming out of the second corner the cars were three abreast heading towards turn three, with Hülkenberg close to the wall. Rather than lifting out of the throttle he turned towards – and into – Sirotkin, who was then pushed into Alonso. This caused race-ending damage to the Russian's car, whilst Alonso suffered two punctures and 'heavy' damage to his car. Hülkenberg later...
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