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Alonso: You could race these F1 cars until you are 50

Double world champion Fernando Alonso says his future rests on the reforms that are slated to revolutionise Formula 1 next season, because as it stands now the new era cars are less of a challenge to race than the cars he has driven during the course of his career. 2017 will be the third and last in the Spaniard's current McLaren-Honda contract, amid speculation more midfield straggling in cars that no longer excite him could spell the end of his 16-year F1 adventure. 'The cars are less spectacular than some years ago,' Alonso said on Spanish radio Cadena Cope. 'The laptimes are much slower, the cars weigh 120 kilos more than 7 or 8 years ago, the sound has changed, the Pirelli tyres...
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