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Brown admits McLaren were 'unprepared' for Alonso's Indy 500 attempt

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has conceded that McLaren’s failure to qualify for the Indy 500 was their own fault and believes that the team should have prepared better for the race. Fernando Alonso crashed out on ‘bump day’, when he could only set the fourth fastest time of the bottom six, being knocked out by Kyle Kaiser, racing for the minnow Juncos Racing. Read more Alonso fails to qualify for Indy 500! It was a humiliating day for McLaren, and Brown told the Associated Press: “I don’t think we came into this arrogant, I think we were unprepared. We didn’t deserve to be in the race and it’s our own fault. “It’s not like we showed up and...
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