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I think Alonso is all but gone and rightly so. He really got screwed this weekend. As soon as the Championship in finished he will bolt. Next year with NO TC he will have a good chance to rebound at Renault. Remember as far as I know Renault still have TAD and now he can play a big factor. Alonso won't go to Ferrari or BMW. Williams is on the move up and could be a option.
If I were RD I would give a chance to Jarno :D
I like the intrasquad rivalry. It reminds me of the Prost/Senna days of 1988 and 1989. I hope it continues in 2008. But if it doesn't, I predict a blockbuster swap of Heidfeld and Alonso.
McLaren - Hamilton & Heidfeld
Ferrari - Raikkonen & Massa
BMW - Alonso & Kubica
Renault - Kovalainen & Piquet
Williams - Rosberg & Glock
Red Bull - Coulthard & Webber
Toyota - Trulli & Nakajima
Honda - Button & Barrichello
Super Aguri - Sato & Rossiter
Toro Rosso - Vettel & Bourdais
Spyker - Sutil & Van Der Garde/Fauzy/Yamamoto/Karthikeyan
Prodrive - R. Schumacher & Davidson
I think Alonso and lewis will be there next year
I also believe McLeran's line-up is gonna be the sam next year, as I'm not fully convinced this driver feud is as bad as we're made out to believe.
A quick look how the drivers re-acted to Qualifying still leaves me scratching my head. I hadn't realised until watching the replay on windtunnel last night, but Lewis was qued up behind Alonso well before the lollypop was raised. He essentially went out on track for no reason, and wasted fuel on a lap that would have been to slow to receive his fuel credit for, so of course he would be pissed off enough to yell some words that would make a sailor blush. However the next day... somehow it became his fault, and he apologised for not following team orders?!?
Now look at Alonso's response... all smug during the post qualifying interview, and before one could even suggest he was given preferred treatment, like an automated message Alonso comes out with the "I'm not British and the team likes him better" song and dance...
Ron... I'm still not buying it. My prediction for the rest of the season is... Hamilton will not lead Alonso by more then 9pts , and if he does, Alonso will claw most of the lead back the following race.
Alonso will take the lead in the championship, probably within the final 3 races, and win his 3rd championship.
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Originally Posted by tinchote
I've thought about that too - we spend all of our time talking about Alonso leaving because of Lewis' relationship with McLaren; but we have just witnessed that Lewis wants to WIN, regardless of what the team wants.
So, maybe it's LH who leaves. With the rumor that Piquet Jr. has signed to race for Renault next season; does that leave McLaren and Alonso looking at Fisi for next season? He is the perfect #2 for FA and a guy who is not as aggressive as LH...
Well, FA says he setups the car and LH benefits from it so it is easy. FA stays as test driver at McLaren with LH and Paffet as drivers.
Otherwise he must go to NASCAR like the other F1 drivers that got angry because they were outperformed by their teammates
The team doing quite well without a true leader is something called.....and what would put them over the top?
BMW
No real hotshoe
If I ran BMW I would jump at the chance to hire FA and I would have me a WDC for sure....
On the other hand, if I were mercedes (and not RD) it would be "LH, go swivel yourself" with all this talking...we just do not need that kind of image, it would hurt our sales that go primarly to doctors lawyers upper level corporate types of the conservative business world, and we could afford to lose the rapper market
Besides FA should not go there (to ferrari), apparently they do not have gas gauges in their cars...but if he did, and he then blocked out Kimi, he could say that "I was calulating the amount of gas put in my car"
And the FIA would accept that excuse, with a cryptic note: well, someone should......
(How do you know when drving a ferrari when it is time to pit? When the engine sputters and stops...)
But because of money, fame and glory, RD will never let them go...JPM neither of them are (atleast that is what i think about LH and FA based on present info)
Ron Dennis is a bit wary of giving a ride to an Italian - the memory of all the pukka MP-4s that Andrea de Cesaris destroyed in the 1981 season is still too painful ;) (no Italian has driven for McLaren since, unless I'm very much mistaken).Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Come to think of it, Spanish-speaking drivers may soon join the Italians on RD's black list, after his recent experiences with Montoya and Alonso - poor old Pedro de la Rosa ;)
Ron will never hire Fisi, he is mentally far too weak.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones