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Alonso could have joined Red Bull in 2007

Dr Helmut Marko has lifted the lid on a secret meeting in Madrid in the autumn of 2007 between Red Bull and Luis Garcia Abad, Fernando Alonso's manager. The contract negotiations between Alonso and Red Bull in 2007, proved perhaps the most confusing in Formula 1 history. Alonso was struggling to keep up with rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton in the 2007 McLaren, while he also leaked the so-called ‘Spygate' to the media, showing McLaren had obtained a huge document from Ferrari through an outsider. The incident almost shattered the Spaniard's relationship with then team principal Ron Dennis, but Alonso knew he could leave at the end of the season. A lucrative Toyota offer was on the...
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