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De Ferran: McLaren didn't give Alonso a quick enough car

McLaren's Gil De Ferran says that the Indy qualifying weekend has been an 'emotional and difficult' one, as they failed to get Fernando Alonso into the race. Alonso wasn't able to qualify for this weekend's Indy 500 race after failing to get through the initial qualifying process. With McLaren fielding a one car entry for a one off event this year, their return to the Brickyard has proved unsuccessful as Alonso was knocked out on Sunday during the Bump Day last row shootout. Alonso's four lap average was 227.353mph which was enough to get him through at the time of his run. A 227.740mph run from Sage Karam then pushed him down a spot and, while Alonso weathered new Red Bull signing's...
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