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Fernando Alonso hopes Paul Ricard struggles are a 'one-off'

Fernando Alonso is confident will be more competitive next time out in Austria after classifying last at the French Grand Prix.

McLaren struggled for performance all weekend at Paul Ricard with both Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne failing to progress from Q1 in qualifying. The Woking squad hasn't scored points since the Spanish Grand Prix in early May, but Alonso is confident McLaren will turn it around.

"Yes, I am confident," Alonso said. "This was by far the worst performance of the year. So, I really hope it is a one-off and not the normality.

"I had one set of tires for the whole race because we stopped on lap one to fit the yellow tires.