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Aston Martin: tyre call did not cost Alonso Monaco win

Aston Martin claims a wrong tyre call did not cost Fernando Alonso a chance to win the Monaco GP Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack does not believe the decision to fit slick tyres as rain fell cost Fernando Alonso the chance to win the Monaco GP. The Spaniard was running second and, potentially, in with a shot of the race lead had the team opted for intermediate tyres as the rain began to fall in the principality. Rain arrived on Monaco on Lap 51 of 78, initially dousing the northern end of the circuit, from Mirabeau to Portier. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were the first to pit for intermediate tyres, though the bulk of the field waited until Lap 54. When they did, Alonso was...
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