Formula One driver Alonso to stay at Renault
MADRID (AFP) — Fernando Alonso will stay at Renault for the 2009 season after the former double champion rejected an offer to move to BMW Sauber, local media reported here Friday.
Speculation at Monza last weekend where Alonso finished fourth suggested the BMW team were in the driving seat to sign the Spaniard.
But As sports daily reported Alonso would be staying put with Renault as the BMW offer shut out any hopes he might entertain of a possible move to Ferrari in 2010 or 2011.
Alonso has struggled to make an impact this campaign, the 27-year-old trailing in seventh in the championship race dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
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