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Baku "most painful weekend ever" for McLaren's Boullier
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has described the Azerbaijan GP as the "most painful weekend" that he has experienced in the sport. The Woking team came to Baku knowing that both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne would start at the back of the grid due to new Honda power unit elements, having notified the FIA of the changes on Monday evening. Alonso was handed 40-place grid penalties, while Vandoorne got 35. On top of that, the car has performed poorly on track and neither driver made it out of Q1, with Alonso in 16th and Vandoorne 19th and last of the drivers who took part in qualifying. "I guess you know my answer," said Boullier when asked to sum up the...
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