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Not making Q3 could prove good for us - Alonso

 XPB Images Fernando Alonso said that starting from 12th place on the grid in today's United States Grand Prix could prove to be a bonus, and better than if he'd actually made it through to the final round of qualifying. "Definitely Q3 is always the target, and the points on Sundays," he said. "But we were not quick enough today. "Let's say that if you are in Q3 you will fight for ninth or tenth only and no more than that and you have to start [the race] on used tyres from Q2, so I think in the end being 11th or 12th is like a pole position for us starting with new tyres "So happy more or less with the position and tomorrow we need to fight and find...
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