Sainz thinks Alonso will stay beyond 2017 Carlos Sainz thinks the risk is low that his famous countryman Fernando Alonso will quit F1 at the end of 2017. Disappointed with the sport's direction of the past decade, Spaniard Alonso has warned that unless the much faster cars inspire him this year, he will not renew his contract. But as he unveiled a new personal sponsor in Madrid, the two-time world champion's countryman, friend and rival Sainz thinks Alonso will be happy in 2017. 'I do not have much contact with Fernando — less than people believe anyway,' Spanish newspapers quote the Toro Rosso driver as saying. 'In fact, I don't know what he is doing in the pre-season, but I do...
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