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Alonso first in line for Hamilton’s seat – Mercedes
Fernando Alonso is at the top of Mercedes' list, should Lewis Hamilton not stay with the dominant German team beyond this year.
That is the admission of team boss Toto Wolff, in comments that might be interpreted as a ‘hurry up' to F1's new reigning world champion.
Briton Hamilton's Mercedes deal runs out at the end of 2015, and Wolff had said recently that he wanted to renew it as soon as possible.
But whilst holidaying in the Austrian ski town of Kitzbuhel, he has now told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport: 'There's no hurry. We will talk about it during the year.
'I am optimistic,' said Wolff. 'The priority is to continue with these drivers.
'But if that's not possible, Alonso is...
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