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Alonso role meant no Indycar for Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen has admitted he let an opportunity to race in Indycar this year slide when Fernando Alonso had his Barcelona testing crash. With McLaren-Honda preferring an all-champion lineup of Alonso and Jenson Button for 2015, the Dane was relegated to the reserve role but still leaving the door open to race opportunities elsewhere. 'I looked at an option in Indycar,' the 22-year-old revealed in Malaysia, 'and almost signed a contract with one of the teams, but my priority has always been formula one. 'When I replaced Fernando in Australia, Indycar became impossible so we abandoned the idea,' Magnussen is quoted by f1news.ru. Ultimately, Magnussen's race in the place of Alonso was a...
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