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Alonso locked into McLaren - Dennis

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis insists there is no possibility Fernando Alonso could join Mercedes for 2016 as a replacement for Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has described Alonso as 'the top alternative' should the world champions fail to agree a new deal with Hamilton. But Dennis told BBC Sport that Alonso was locked into his new McLaren deal. 'No McLaren driver has ever had performance clauses in his contract and that is the case with Alonso,' he said. The 33-year-old Spaniard, rated by many insiders as the best driver in F1, signed a three-year deal to return to the team he left in acrimonious circumstances at the end of 2007. Alonso asked for a release from his Ferrari...
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