Quote Originally Posted by Parabolica
With all due respect Dex, Allison was at Renault when Alonso was winning titles there, so they will know each other too. Fry has an existing relationship with Alonso, as does Domenicali. That leaves Slade, who is almost certain to be Kimi's engineer so would not have much to do with Fernando anyway.

Kimi failed to build.a rapport the last time he was at Ferrari, so we need to see if he has added that to his game.

To claim Fernando has no one in his corner, when he is embedded within the team and has provided the driving leadership that was clearly lacking in Kimi's previous residency is a little premature.

Again, for the Kimi fans, it is not his speed I question, it is the application.

Alonso has many character faults which have been destructive in the past, but I also see that Kimi is not without genuine failings of character too.
Everybody's got flaws,you're right on that. IMO Alonso's status in the team is no longer what it was,they wouldn't have hired Kimi if it was. Alonso's leadership has brought nothing to the team in terms of results, it's not better than it was before he came, so they changed strategy and brought another WDC in. It must hurt Alonso,the question is how will he take it?