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Wednesday 26 February 2020

THE REAL

BEAL

In this May 18, 2019, file
photo, Fernando Alonso, of
Spain, talks with his crew as
he prepares to qualify for the
Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto
race at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway in Indianapolis.
Associated Press
Alonso

returns to

McLaren

for another

shot at

Indy 500

By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
Fernando Alonso will again
attempt to complete mo-
torsports' Triple Crown with
a return to the Indianapolis
500 in May with McLaren.
The team failed to qualify
Alonso for the race last
season in a spectacular
comedy of errors, includ-
ing not having its car prop-
erly prepared to put the
two-time Formula One
champion in the field. "We
beat ourselves," McLaren
CEO Zak Brown said Tues-
day. "We have unfinished
business with Fernando." Middleton leads Bucks past
McLaren has now aligned
with Sam Schmidt's team pesky Wizards 137-134 in OT
and will field a third Indy
500 car for Alonso. He will
attempt to qualify driving
the No. 66 Chevrolet for Ar- Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) reacts after his dunk
row McLaren SP with spon- during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the
sorship from Ruoff Mort- Milwaukee Bucks, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Washington.
gage, which was a partner
on Takuma Sato's winning Associated Press
Indy 500 entry in 2017. Page 20

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