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Rossi turned down Manor seat for rest of 2016
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Alexander Rossi says he turned down the opportunity to race for Manor for the rest of the 2016 season as he wants to focus on IndyCar. The American drove for Manor in five of the final seven races in 2015 and impressed, but failed to land a full-time seat for this season. Instead moving to IndyCar, Rossi went on to win the Indy 500 on debut and is currently 11th in the standings after four top ten finishes. With Rio Haryanto struggling to secure the required funding from the Indonesian government to keep his seat, Rossi - Manor's reserve driver - was offered first refusal on the seat but opted to remain in IndyCar, which clashes with the next three grands prix on the calendar....
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