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Can Renault tempt Alonso back to lead their team?

Well connected Gian Carlo Minardi, a former team owner and boss, believes Renault is making plans to have Fernando Alonso lead the French carmaker's new works effort in the not too distant future. Spaniard Alonso, one of the best and highest paid drivers in Formula 1, has failed to win a title since his back-to-back triumphs at Renault a decade ago. He drifted through stints at McLaren and Ferrari without adding a third championship, and in 2015 returned to the newly Honda-powered McLaren where the team slumped with disastrous performance. But a driver who knows Alonso well, former McLaren and Ferrari tester Pedro de la Rosa, rejects speculation the 34-year-old is now close to giving up on...
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