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Alonso escapes engine penalty

Alonso escapes engine penalty

30 June 2007 / Results / Photos

Fernando Alonso will not receive any grid penalty for tomorrow's French Grand Prix after the McLaren team confirmed he had suffered a gearbox problem and not an engine failure as it had initially been feared.

"Fernando appears to have had a gearbox failure on the first lap which was very disappointing," McLaren's F1 chief Martin Whitmarsh confirmed.

Alonso will therefore start the French Grand Prix from tenth on the grid.


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