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Alonso refutes Villeneuve's "stopped trying" Indy 500 claim

Ian Parkes & Ewan Gale Thursday 15 April 2021 17:18 Fernando Alonso has refuted Jacques Villeneuve's claim he "stopped trying" to win the Indianapolis 500 and insisted any decision on whether to compete in the race again will be his alone. Alonso has entered the Indy 500 on three occasions, impressing on his debut in 2017 by leading for much of the race prior to suffering a late engine failure, before failing to qualify in 2019 and then struggling during the event last year. Article continues under video Former IndyCar and F1 champion Villeneuve, who raced alongside Alonso at Renault at the end of 2004 and won the Indy 500 in 1995, told the Gazzetta dello Sport: "I think...
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