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Alonso rules out Le Mans foray in 2015

Fernando Alonso McLaren‘s newly appointed driver Fernando Alonso says he will not be following Nico Hulkenberg's lead by splitting his Formula 1 duties with Le Mans next year. Prior to the confirmation there was speculation the Spaniard could join Force India driver Hulkenberg at Le Mans in the third Porsche prototype entry. But having signed a reportedly $50 million per year deal to spearhead McLaren's new works Honda project from 2015, Alonso was quoted by Marca newspaper as saying he will focus entirely on Formula 1 for now. 'I would not feel comfortable if I was not devoting 100 per cent to McLaren throughout the year,' Alonso said. 'There is a lot of work to do here.' '[Le...
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