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Alonso: If we improve 2.5 seconds we will win next year
Fernando Alonso has piled more pressure on struggling McLaren and partners Honda by saying it is ‘realistic' to think they can catch up with Formula One champions Mercedes next season. The Spaniard told reporters at the U.S. Grand Prix, where he was ninth fastest in a wet first practice on Friday, that McLaren needed to find another two and a half seconds of pace to match Mercedes. 'If we improve two and a half seconds, we will win next year,' he said. 'It's realistic, but the thing is we need to work very hard with very high discipline all winter, all united, because in this new Formula One everything is a package, it's not anymore an engine, aerodynamic, mechanical side,' he added....
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