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Alonso's comeback race ended by sandwich wrap
Fernando Alonso's return race to Formula One was ended prematurely by a sandwich wrap getting stuck in the brake ducts of his Alpine car. Alonso's appearance at the Bahrain Grand Prix was his first appearance since 2018, driving for the rebranded Renault team. In the closing stages of the race he was called into the pits to retire the car after complaining over overheating rear brakes. The team later explained the bizarre reason behind that race retirement. Alpine executive director Martin Budkowski said: "After his first stop we had a small issue that forced us to reduce the performance of the car, then after the second stop, a sandwich wrap paper got stuck inside the rear brake duct...
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