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Alonso: Any other driver would have parked the car
There were shades of Gilles Villeneuve in how Fernando Alonso refused to throw in the towel during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, despite suffering two punctures and damage as a result of a first lap melee. Alonso defied physics as he drove the stricken McLaren back to the pits – as the late great Villeneuve did on more than one occasion – got his mechanics to bolt on fresh tyres and powered out back into the race and claimed seventh place for his team at the end of an incident-packed race in Baku. The Spaniard told reporters after the race, 'Very crazy. Another seventh place but I think it was the result of persistence and pride because I think no one would have reached the...
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