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In Formula One, Fernando Alonso gave Aston Martin exactly what they needed after a rough outing in Mexico City. The two-time world champion drove to twelfth in Brazil, crediting a phenomenal car at Interlagos. Just outside the points, but a serious step forward for a team that needed one badly.
Meanwhile, his teammate Lance Stroll couldn't say the same. Honda is scrambling to find answers after Stroll's thirteenth retirement of the two thousand twenty six season, another battery failure ending his race after just thirty laps. Thirteen DNFs in a single campaign is a staggering number, and right now nobody has a clean explanation for why it keeps happening.
Shifting to the NFL, Buffalo Bills running back James Cook was an absolute workhorse against the Vikings, carrying the ball thirty one times in a single game, the most by any player in the league this season. That kind of volume tells you everything about how Buffalo wanted to control the game, and Cook delivered every time they called his number.
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