Thread: Fernando Alonso has ruled out ever becoming a 'pay driver' in Formula One

All it means is that he won't cling on when he's "past it". Seems sensible.

Bit of a non story, what successful driver - never mind a double world champion, ever would?

He is a pay driver anyway. Santander paid for Kimi to be paid off and Fred was shoe-horned in.

Originally Posted by studiose

All it means is that he won't cling on when he's "past it". Seems sensible.

Not necessarily. Schumacher isn't a paydriver, but nonetheless is past his prime and keeps going.

Originally Posted by jens

Not necessarily. Schumacher isn't a paydriver, but nonetheless is past his prime and keeps going.

Schumacher is past his prime, but he isn't past it, IMO. "It" being competitiveness.

Of course he wouldn't, he is one of the greatest drivers in the world. Any team would be honoured to have him as their driver.

Regarding Schumacher, he isn't past it, he simply isn't as quick as he used to be.

Originally Posted by Knock-on

He is a pay driver anyway. Santander paid for Kimi to be paid off and Fred was shoe-horned in.

Exactly. Still, a very good driver.

Originally Posted by Knock-on

He is a pay driver anyway. Santander paid for Kimi to be paid off and Fred was shoe-horned in.

Yep.

Originally Posted by Knock-on

He is a pay driver anyway. Santander paid for Kimi to be paid off and Fred was shoe-horned in.

And the money was well spent as well. I mean, after only one WDC from Kimi, look how many 6/10ths has earned for the team!

Originally Posted by airshifter

And the money was well spent as well. I mean, after only one WDC from Kimi, look how many 6/10ths has earned for the team!

This year it´s not enough, the team will need soething like 1 - 2 seconds from Alonso. But I´m sure he will make it, he´s use to.

Good luck to him and the team this year.

He went to Ferrari as he believed they would give him the BEST car,i know he can hussle a car that is not the best,but as yet I dont feel that Ferrari have fulfilled their promise to give him the best car.Time will tell

Originally Posted by henners88

Are you saying Alonso can bridge the performance gap by extracting up to 2 seconds from a car that isn't fast enough? :what:

He's a very good driver, one of the best but really???

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He he, umh, yes I belive this, to a degree. but perhaps 0,6 seconds are moore realistic.

Originally Posted by henners88

Err no its complete myth. Alonso may be able to reach the potential of a car more often than Felipe, but he cannot make a car go faster than it is designed to go Mia.

Yes, but the design limit of a car isn't something which is known. But you're completely correct in saying that e.g. Alonso might be able to get to 98% of the maximum (but unknown) speed, whereas Massa can only get to 97.5%

Originally Posted by henners88

Err no its complete myth. Alonso may be able to reach the potential of a car more often than Felipe, but he cannot make a car go faster than it is designed to go Mia.

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People go faster than the car can go all the time. They call them accidents.

I do agree that Alonso is very good at getting the most out of the car, and personally think he's one of the best drivers in the field. I simply dislike his attitude that every team mate should bow down to him. If he's in fact always faster nobody should need to alter their race to allow him to pass, and any decent team mate would play #2 if already out of the WDC contention.

Originally Posted by Mia 01

This year it´s not enough, the team will need soething like 1 - 2 seconds from Alonso. But I´m sure he will make it, he´s use to.

Good luck to him and the team this year.

I am starting to like you Mia