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Alonso ‘happy at McLaren’ despite Mercedes talks

Fernando Alonso admitted brief preliminary talks took place with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team about his availability to replace out-going World Champion Nico Rosberg, but admitted that he was happy where he was. The McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team driver spoke about the talks at the launch of the team’s striking new MCL32, but admitted that they were brief as his desire was to continue with the Woking-based team, at least for the 2017 season, which will be the third year of his initial three-year contract. 'When Rosberg retired, there were a couple of days where I had some conversations and phone calls, but there was no point to discuss anything because I was happy at...
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