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Toyota mistake robs Alonso of victory in Shanghai
In the aftermath of a very wet Shanghai 6-Hours WEC race, it has emerged that a tactical mistake cost McLaren F1 star Fernando Alonso and his #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing teammates what appeared to be a sure victory. In treacherous conditions for most of the race, Alonso impressed in the wet increasing the gap by 20 seconds during his stint, but a pitstop call proved to be wrong as Toyota team chief Rob Leupen explained, 'We had car #8 in front, and car #7 needed to pit because it had less fuel,' said Leupen. 'It didn’t have enough fuel to stay out and then they pitted. They got the benefit in comparison to car #8.' 'Looking at this afterwards, this is a mistake. But at that moment we took the...
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