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Mercedes happy with driver pairing
Daimler chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche says he is happy with the current Mercedes driver pairing despite again praising Fernando Alonso. Zetsche was recently on a tour of a Mercedes factory in Spain when he described Alonso as "perhaps the best driver on the grid, demonstrating it even in a slightly less competitive car." Amid reports that Nico Rosberg has signed a new contract – which the team again declined to comment on – Zetsche was asked about his comments and said it was a result of the situation he found himself in. “Quite frankly one reason was that I was in Spain!” Zetsche said. “Juan Carlos was present as well, and I'm a polite man! But independent of that...
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