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Alonso did talk to Mercedes
Fernando Alonso admits that he was approached by Mercedes following Nico Rosberg's shock retirement While, in the hours that followed Nico Rosberg's shock retirement last December, Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda have admitted that their phones almost glowed red hot, such were the number of enquiries being made by drivers and their managers, neither has spoken much of who they were calling in a bid to replace the German. Speaking at today's launch of the MCL32, Fernando Alonso admitted that he was contacted by Mercedes, but never seriously considered a move to the German team. 'When Rosberg retired, there were a couple of days when I had some conversations and phone calls,' he told reporters,...
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