Alonso admits the gap between himself and Norris's McLaren in the FrenchGP is 'a bit worrying' after qualifying half a second behind. F1
head into today's race at Paul Ricard tied on points for fourth place in the constructors' championship, with McLaren sitting ahead by virtue of its podium finish at Imola.
"To be honest, when I saw the times with Lando half a second in front, it is a little bit too much and unreachable for us, which is a bit worrying. "Then in qualifying the wind rotated 90 degrees, so there was cross wind on the straight and head wind on the main straight, so it changed again a couple of corners," Alonso explained.
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