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Wolff: I wouldn’t be afraid of having Alonso

Fernando Alonso revealed recently that Mercedes came calling last year, in the wake of Nico Rosberg's retirement, but nothing came of it because the Spaniard has a locked-tight contract with McLaren until the end of this season. And now Mercedes F1 chief Toto Wolff has heaped praise on the double F1 world champion when he told iNews, 'I must say that I like Alonso. He is straight onto the goal. Focused.' Mercedes's star driver right now is Lewis Hamilton who went toe-to-toe with Alonso and he were teammates at McLaren. Hamilton the precocious rookie and Alonso the double F1 World Champion. What transpired in 2007 is now etched in the sport's folklore. Wolff gave his opinion on why it all...
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