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Red Bull almost had Vettel and Alonso

Red Bull technical chief and designer Adrian Newey claims Red Bull were 'very close' to signing Fernando Alonso to partner Sebastian Vettel. Two-time World Champion Alonso left Formula 1 at the end of 2018 to pursue other interest, but he has been unable to shake off rumours of a return no matter how many times he says Formula 1 doesn't interest him. McLaren and Ferrari are the teams he has been most heavily linked with to a reunion, but Newey revealed that Red Bull almost snapped him up at one point to potentially partner Vettel. “It would have been like Ayrton [Senna] and Alain [Prost],” he is quoted by GPFans as having told Esquire. “It is one of those things that unfortunately...
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