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title: "Alonso hoping for ‘rain and chaos’ in Mexico"
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author: "Connor McDonagh"
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published: "2015-11-01T10:51:12Z"
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# Alonso hoping for ‘rain and chaos’ in Mexico

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso says he is hoping for rain and chaos in the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

Fernando Alonso was knocked out in Q1 and will start 19th after picking up a grid penalty due to an engine change.

The Spaniard believes McLaren’s best chance to score points will be if it rains.

“We went into qualifying knowing that our penalties would relegate us to the last row of the grid. So there wasn’t much to gain from qualifying this afternoon. It was more about finding out how the car felt; using up tyres and engine mileage for no reason made little sense.

“We need some rain and chaos tomorrow. We have plenty of fresh sets of tyres – both dries and wets – so let’s see what we can do. Hopefully, we can recover some places in the race.”

McLaren teammate Jenson Button will start in 20th after also picking up a 70-place grid penalty due to several engine changes. Button did not take part in qualifying after an engine issue occurred in FP3.