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Fernando Alonso says third is like a victory

Austin:  Fernando Alonso said finishing third in Sunday's United States Grand Prix was, for him, as good as a win after he had qualified only ninth for Ferrari on Saturday.He was soon after elevated to eighth because of a gearbox-change penalty for Frenchman Romain Grosjean of Lotus and, on Sunday, advanced another position -- and to the clean right side of the grid -- when his team decided to incur a penalty for Brazilian Felipe Massa by breaking the seal on his car's gearbox.It was a pragmatic strategic decision to give the two-time champion Spaniard a better chance at the start of the race and he grabbed it when the lights went out."We know that our championship is alive...
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