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Fernando Alonso: 'There Was Little Chance We Could Make It Into The Points'

Fernando Alonso says there was little chance he could of finished inside the points at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Spaniard started the race from nineteenth from the grid after a thirty-five-place grid penalty for an engine change, but having made positions from the start, Alonso was forced to retire with two laps to go with a gearbox issue, which the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team driver was nursing throughout the whole race. Alonso spent majority of the race battling with Renault Sport Formula One Team‘s Jolyon Palmer for twelfth position before Palmer cut the second chicane and failed to give the position back. The British driver was given a five second time penalty but...
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