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Szafnauer pledges to give Alonso 'the car he needs'

Alpine F1's new team principal Otmar Szafnauer says that the rapid pace shown by Fernando Alonso in Melbourne was 'real' even though the former world champion went on to finish the race in last place. Alonso had been set for a potential front row start in qualifying before suffering a hydraulic problem that sent him into the barriers. More bad luck on race day saw him forced to make a second pit stop late in the race. But Szafnauer was determined to accentuate the positives of the weekend, and said that they pointed to the Alpine A522 looking well suited to the next race on the calendar in Imola. "It's real, it can't be unreal," he said when asked whether the pace shown by Alonso...
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