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End of Alonso's triple crown quest?

Fernando Alonso's quest to complete the final leg of motorsport's elusive Triple Crown continues after he finished a lapped 21st as a result of suffering clutch trouble in his McLaren and possibly ending the Spaniard's attempt to match Graham Hill's unique feat. The Spaniard's Indianapolis 500 week started badly when he was the first to crash during practice when he speared the wall with his #66 Arrow McLaren SP and thus appeared to compromise his build-up to the 104th running of the great race. He only managed to qualify in 26th; in his rookie year he qualified fifth. The 39-year-old summed up his afternoon: 'I’m happy to finish the race, that is positive… the negative is that we...
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