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Domenicali says Alonso did not choose De la Rosa
17 January, 2013 Jan.17 Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has denied Fernando Alonso pushed for the hiring of fellow Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa as the Maranello team's new specialist simulator driver.
With his 2012 race employer HRT now folded, it is rumoured de la Rosa had to start looking around for a new job because McLaren – where he served as the British team's highly respected and long-time test driver – was unimpressed with the 41-year-old's continual departures.
And his arrival at Ferrari may have been helped by the ‘Alonso factor', as they are both Spaniards and – ironically – were friends at McLaren during the notorious ‘spygate'...
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