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Originally Posted by knighty

oh, I'm sure this is only half of the actual situation......my other belief is that Alonso will be well aware of his previous mistake of not contractually tying up his outright number one status within the McLaren team before he joins, unlike in 2007........hence he is probably playing poker for that too.......Button may have been told you can stay in 2015 but you'll be No2 for Alonso, to which he will probably never accept, hence he may retire......so then Magnussen would be an ideal second driver for captain Alonso to regularly crush

I doubt Alonso has that much bargaining power to be making that type of demand. Dennis has all the cards.