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Alonso started race knowing retirement was inevitable
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Fernando Alonso says he started the Mexican Grand Prix knowing retirement was inevitable due to an MGU-H problem. The McLaren driver retired at the end of the opening lap after reporting a loss of power having started from 18th due to a grid penalty. Alonso explained McLaren had seen a problem with his MGU-H overnight and had not had enough time to replace the part in order to make the car reliable for the race. “Yesterday night we spotted some MGU-H rotation speed problems and then this morning we confirmed it,” Alonso said. “There was no time to replace it anymore so the possibilities were not to start the race or try to do as much as we could knowing that...
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