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Should McLaren, Mercedes and Williams all agree contract extensions with their current drivers into 2016 and beyond, Alonso could be left with no chance of a comeback in a competitive car.
Hamilton has a deal in place with Mercedes for next season and the team has made clear several times that there is no intention of changing its driver clash of the titans line-up for 2015 despite recent tensions between the Briton and title rival Nico Rosberg.
"At the moment, we are so happy with Nico and Lewis. We have a contract until the end of next year but there will be a situation where we are going to start thinking about what is going to happen next."
At Williams, clash of the titans where Alonso's long-time Renault ally Pat Symonds now holds a senior role, Valtteri Bottas's contract expires at the end of 2015 and the team holds an option on extending Felipe Massa's deal.
In this week's AUTOSPORT magazine - available online and in shops now - JONATHAN NOBLE reveals how Fernando Alonso's attempt to engineer a seat-swap clash of the titans with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes last month triggered the eruption of the 2015 F1 driver market
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