Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug has denied that McLaren-Mercedes have agreed to let Fernando Alonso go at the end of this season, just a year into his three year contract. The claim was made by The Times of London earlier this week.

Speaking to the newspapers Bild and Stuttgarter Nachrichten Haug said the issue had not even come up.

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