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Alonso sabbatical would be 'a bad idea', says Hakkinen
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Former Formula One world champion Mika Hakkinen has said that in his view, Fernando Alonso should not be tempted by the idea of taking 2016 off as a sabbatical. "In the case of Fernando, I do not think it's a very good move," Hakkinen told Spain's AS newspaper this week. "You have to keep fighting. Once you start, you have to keep fighting. I think it would be very hard to leave the sport and take a year off." Of course, Hakkinen knows something about this sort of situation. He decided to take a year off from competition at the end of the 2001 season, and although he had every intention of returning to McLaren in 2003 it soon became apparent to him...
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