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Sky reported that on Jean Alesi on French TV said that he heard Alonso saying on team radio after qualy today (in Italian): "you are stupid, you are all stupid, you ruined my qualifying." If that proves to be accurate once all the Chinese whispers are unwound, then maybe Massa's seat is safe. If Alonso wants out, I can't see Ferrari replacing both drivers in the same year.
What I think he said was "Boys, you are a bunch of idiots, my god" and “You're genius". Frustration from Zo, he will apologize, and the team will get over it methinks
Edit:He also may have meant to say collectively they are idiots, includng himself. :uhoh:
Perhaps we should wait untill we hear the entire transmission :bulb:
The last one who said something like this was fired before the last race. His name: Alain Prost.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Alca-Tazizzle
Or Zo is in complete denial :confused:
Italian GP: Fernando Alonso denies being angry at Ferrari tactics - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
"yuz are a bunch of donkeys" :laugh:
Alonso:
Damage control?Quote:
Fernando was clearly annoyed that a negative message that showed him criticising the team, when the plan for a tow appeared to be unravelling, had been played on TV.
“In Q3 we had Vergne in the middle out of Turn 4,” he said. “And then I was ready to take the slipstream of Vergne, because he seemed to want to follow Felipe at that stage. So I prepared the tyres a little bit, and then he let me by, and I had no one in front.
“So I said on the radio Felipe is too far away now if we want to do this, so they slowed down him and he was waiting a little bit in Parabolica, so we started the last attempt more or less the same distance as always.
“I just have to say thank you to the team and thank you to Felipe again for this tenth that helped me to do the last attempt in Q3. They didn’t put the last radio message when I said thank you to the team, thank you to Felipe, it was perfect at the end.
Fernando Alonso:
I am clearly not in favour of lambasting drivers, when they are in the heat of the moment. Many drivers have been bashed for it. Heck, and while they are there inside all the actions, people on forums have been saying all kinds of things in the heat of the moment. :p :
I would be very surprised if the Alonso-Ferrari relationship breaks down. Alonso has nowhere else to go (read: a very competitive team with long-term future) and Ferrari would struggle to find a replacement to a driver, who consistently brings so good results. Alonso can get emotional and is frustrated that YET again he is not going to win the World Championship, but outside the heat of the moment he will understand that the best and only option is to deal with it and keep driving for Ferrari, even if it doesn't bring desired results.
Alonso's whinging just happened to come out in the perfect time.
Not that long ago he, in public was critical of his teams effort and this weekend he started with a PR friendly "hugs and kisses approach" Had it been pretty much any weekend other than this, it wouldn't be an issue at all.
If the team is smart they will copy Lotus and print out a batch of Ferrari t-shirts with Alonso's comments ;)
Ferrari aanounced that they will be making an annoucm ent on the 2nd driver shortly
I think with the Huklkenberg p3 he just might have secured that 2nd ferrari seat
Unless kimi swoops in
to me it is down to those 2
Either way Hulk is sitting pretty
If kim goes to ferrari, he will surely join Renault
If kimi stays at Renault, he will join Ferrari
There is an extreme outside chance that kobayashi might get that 2nd ferrari seat
Well it's sad to see that Massa's season appears to have fizzled out after such a strong and encouraging start. I was never a huge fan of the guy but his early season was great to see and it was a feel-good moment for him to get the podium from 9th on the grid at Barcelona.
How come his season managed to slip away again after 1 mistake in Monaco? Everyone makes mistakes. Its as if he's being too hard on himself; he was doing very well.
But Hulkenberg has to now get a top drive somewhere. He's just too talented not to. Amazing to find out his result today!