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Contract loophole may allow Alonso to leave Ferrari
Fernando Alonso to depart Ferrari?
Fernando Alonso could be free to walk away from Ferrari, although technically, the Spaniard remains under contract to the struggling Maranello team until the end of 2016.
'I'm sure he is very frustrated,' Niki Lauda told the Spanish newspaper El Pais earlier this week.
But 'he can't just go to McLaren because he has a contract that he can't get out of unless he's sacked. Sometimes you choose a car and you're wrong.'
Mercedes team chairman Lauda, however, may not be right. There are at least two recent examples of drivers with solid Ferrari contracts who did not wear red the next year.
Fernando Alonso last won over a year ago at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix...
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