WE ARE LAST
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sign of how far McLaren have fallen, a retirement for Fernando Alonso
and a last-place finish for teammate Stoffel Vandoorne exceeded
expectations for the embattled team at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Honda-powered cars had a dreary winter testing with slow times
and an assortment of reliability problems, and the same problems played out
through the race weekend in Melbourne for the Woking-based outfit.
But twice champion Fernando Alonso, who qualified 13th on Saturday,