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Alonso says Ferrari keeping Raikkonen is logical
Fernando Alonso says he was not surprised by this week's news that Ferrari has re-signed his former teammate Kimi Raikkonen for 2016. Alonso, now at McLaren-Honda, easily outperformed the Finn last year, but Raikkonen was successor Sebastian Vettel's preferred choice for next season. Spaniard Alonso, critical of Ferrari since his departure, says the choice did not surprise him, even though young guns including Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas and Romain Grosjean were all linked with Raikkonen's seat. 'It (Raikkonen) was a logical solution, maybe a little conservative,' Alonso said. 'But Ferrari is better this year, they have won twice already, the team atmosphere is...
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