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Marko predicts Alonso is heading back to McLaren
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Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko is predicting that Fernando Alonso is headed to back to McLaren.
When it emerged that the reigning world champion team is losing Sebastian Vettel, many were surprised to learn that Red Bull would not simply replace the departing German with Alonso.
The disgruntled Spaniard is clearly on the move from Ferrari, and Marko acknowledged that 'Alonso would have been the safest card to play'.
But 'It would make our junior programme absurd,' he explained, justifying the decision to promote Daniil Kvyat instead.
However, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims Alonso was very much Adrian Newey's preferred successor for Vettel.
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