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Ocon blames set-up after trailing Alonso in Melbourne
Esteban Ocon says taking a different route with his set-up was the reason for the speed differential between himself and Fernando Alonso in qualifying for the Australian GP. The Frenchman, though, wouldn't go into detail. Such was Alonso's pace around the Albert Park circuit on Saturday afternoon that the Spaniard believed he could have challenged for pole position had he not crashed. A hydraulic issue, the result of a faulty part that costs all of £1.50, meant the double World Champion lined up P10 while Ocon qualified eighth. But despite being ahead of his team-mate on the grid, he trailed Alonso through both Q1 and Q2, four-tenths and then three-tenths off the pace. Ocon says that was...
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