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Alonso to start from pitlane

Fernando Alonso will start today's Austrian Grand Prix from the pitlane after McLaren opted to change his front wing. The Spaniard qualified fourteenth, two places ahead of teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, but was promoted to thirteenth following the 5-place grid penalty meted out to Charles Leclerc for a change of gearbox. Overnight however, McLaren opted to change the front wing on the McLaren, almost certainly following damage incurred by running over the notorious kerbs, as well as the pitot static tube. The Spaniard subsequently admitted than in his bid to improve in Q2, he took the final corners 'flat-out'. 'On my final lap, I was two tenths slower than on my previous lap,' he said, 'so...
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