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Alonso 'can enjoy racing again'

Fernando Alonso was not too dejected after an engine failure put a premature end to his home Grand Prix at Barcelona on Sunday. The Spaniard had been running competitively at the front and was in a strong fifth place when his Renault engine failed.

"We had an engine problem and it blew up," Alonso said. "Unfortunately it's not the right place at my home race. But I'm very happy because Massa stopped only two laps later than me so the qualifying was better than we thought and we were ahead of the BMWs."

"I'm happy we're competitive and I can enjoy racing again," he added. "We are improving step by step and we can get there race by race as we make improvements."

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