| Nightmare Saturday for Alonso |
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Saturday, 30 June 2007 07:31
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World champion Fernando Alonso endured a nightmarish qualifying day at Magny Cours. In free practice he lost valuable track time with brake problems, and then failed to set a time in the ultimate qualifying session when he returned to the pits after emitting puffs of smoke.
McLaren initially thought the problem was related to his engine, spreading fears of a further ten-place drop, but it was actually a gearbox fault, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. He will start the French GP just tenth. |