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Fernando Alonso says a stress moment at McLaren caused the tyre mix-up which ultimately led to him qualifying 14th on the grid for Sundays Austrian Grand Prix.Both McLarens made it into Q2, with Jenson Button going on to record his first Q3 appearance since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he qualified fifth -- the highest position a McLaren driver has achieved since the team returned to Honda power in 2015.Alonso meanwhile was left to rue a mistake which meant he was unable to challenge for a place in the final part of qualifying.We had the threat of rain so we tried to do a quick run in Q2. Unfortunately when we took the blankets off the tyres were not the new tyres, it was the old tyres from Q1, Alonso explained. That was a surprise for the whole team and then when we put the new tyres on we had some yellow flags and we aborted the lap, so it was not a smooth qualifying.We were in a hurry from Q1 and it was a stress moment with the rain threat. It is some races now that we are doing the small mistakes, we are not in a position -- lets say we are not very competitive -- so if we dont execute the races well it becomes even more difficult. The race is tomorrow and hopefully we can recover.Button will start third after gearbox penalties for both Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg are applied. Alonso says he feels confident that he would have been able to join his teammate in Q3 had the error not occurred.I think so. Obviously it was tough but with Perez out, Sainz out, we have to beat only the two Haas [drivers], so I think it was very possible but we didnt execute qualifying good enough.Definitely we need some mixed conditions if we want to recover from P14 so lets wait and see. Brandon Roy Blazers Jersey . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. Terry Porter Blazers Jersey . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. http://www.blazersteamofficial.com/Jusuf-Nurkic-Blazers-Jersey/ . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Terry Porter Jersey . Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Gary Trent Jr. Jersey . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Ten-man West Ham United climbed out of the relegation zone with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.Manuel Lanzini scored the only goal of the game, opening his body up to side-foot coolly into the back of the net from Aaron Cresswells pinpoint cross in the 19th minute. Christian Benteke missed several chances to save at least a point for Palace (3-2-3), including one from the penalty spot at the end of the first half.The Hammers (2-1-5) lined up in a new-look formation with three central defenders and Palace came close to exploiting that in the first 10 minutes, but an unmarked Wilfried Zaha pulled a shot wide from inside the box.West Ham certainly enjoyed the better of the first 20 minutes and got their reward when Dimitri Payet and Cresswell combined before the latter crossed for Lanzini to slide the opener paast Steve Mandanda.ddddddddddddDespite being outplayed in the first period, Palace should have been on level terms just before the break but Benteke blasted wide from 12 yards after Angelo Ogbonna had fouled him in the box. There was still time for the big Belgian to smash a header into the woodwork before referee Martin Atkinson blew for the interval.Atkinson was to become a central character in the second half; with 15 minutes to go as he turned down a solid-looking penalty appeal for West Ham, booking Cresswell for simulation in the process. Barely a minute later the left-back was in for an early bath after being issued a controversial second yellow card for an innocuous-looking challenge on Zaha. ' ' '