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No F1, but McLaren open-minded on Fernando Alonso 2020 role

McLaren chief Zak Brown has ruled Fernando Alonso out of a direct Formula 1 role with the team in 2020 but says he is “open-minded” about maintaining their partnership. Alonso raced for McLaren in Formula 1 for five years across two stints but departed a race seat at the end of 2018, though remained affiliated this year through an ambassadorial role. Alonso sampled McLaren’s MCL34 during in-season testing in Bahrain earlier this year and drove its IndyCar operation’s one-car entry for its disastrous Indianapolis 500 attempt. Alonso has yet to define full 2020 plans beyond his Dakar Rally entry with Toyota, having departed the Japanese marque’s World Endurance...
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