What's up with Fred?

[Doc Austin]

Y-o-u d-o-n-'-t s-a-y - m-a-t-e----

He tried to pass me in an imp-poss-sibble place.

[Tazio]

Fred said:

"Everyone in McLaren-Honda is working hard to develop the package and keep building momentum with each race. The weekend will be tough, but I'm looking forward to getting into the MP4-30 for the first time in a Grand Prix and getting back to racing.
"It's clear we have a lot of work ahead of us but Jenson's result in Melbourne was encouraging from the point of view of reliability and data collection, which are extremely important."
Alonso has previously won three times in Malaysia.
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/formula-...rn_213215.html

Jense said:
"

Melbourne was certainly a challenging weekend for us, but there were positives to take from it," Button said. "A lot of our performance was largely unknown coming into the weekend given the limited running we had over winter testing. Despite our finishing position, getting to the chequered flag has meant that we're now armed with much more data about our package and we can learn a huge amount from it.
"Of course, nobody can be happy with finishing at the back of the pack, and we know there is a lot to do to bridge the gap to the rest of the field. However, the work going on within McLaren-Honda both in Woking and Sakura is relentless; the whole team is working tirelessly to keep developing our package to ensure we keep making steady progress."
http://www.espn.co.uk/mclaren/motors...ml?CMP=OTC-RSS

McLaren will come good! ......The problem as I see it is ; if McLaren had a clear #1 Fred and JB could take turns, with one of them going for it knowing he won't finish and the other guy just cruising around conservatively collecting data and making small incremental gains. But Malaysia is a good race to take it in the shorts if you're are uncompetitive and have cooling issues.
I bet Fred, and or Jense puts in some midfield times, or better I don't think that car can run enough systems simultaneously to put in one extraordinary (for them) quali 2 lap, not at that Tilhedome (maybe his best) in those conditions

[jens]

I always thought 2015 would be a stop-gap year for Alonso with him on his way to Mercedes in 2016. I have no idea if that will prove correct but if Alonso doesn't have a performance related 'out' in his McLaren contract I'd be very surprised.

I am sure Alonso would like to join Mercedes, but in reality it is dependent on Hamilton's departure and I don't see that happening. Rosberg IIRC has a long-term contract beyond this year. And I am unsure if Mercedes would like the fireworks that would come with Ham-Alo pairing...

Alonso may be looking around, but he may be in a situation, where he would need to stay with McLaren beyond this year too. And just hope they improve A LOT. Because he just burnt bridges with Ferrari and for whatever reason Red Bull has never felt a reason to go after him except arguably back in 2007...

[Doc Austin]

I am sure Alonso would like to join Mercedes, but in reality it is dependent on Hamilton's departure and I don't see that happening.

Probably right: Hamilton hopes to ink Mercedes deal before weekend

And I am unsure if Mercedes would like the fireworks that would come with Ham-Alo pairing...

Hamilton and Rosberg was bad enough, and they are supposed to be "friends."

Alonso may be looking around, but he may be in a situation, where he would need to stay with McLaren beyond this year too. And just hope they improve A LOT. Because he just burnt bridges with Ferrari and for whatever reason Red Bull has never felt a reason to go after him except arguably back in 2007...

Red Bull took guys who were nowhere (Vettel and Ricciardo) and turned them into winners. I can't recall either of them having trouble getting along within the team, so I kind of doubt Red Bull wants an expensive driver who has a history of being difficult.

[Tazio]

There´s this ongoing rumour that it wasn´t a problem with the car.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/9776231

[Mia 01]

OK then, we have Heard Alonso, the team says otherwise.

[donKey jote]

The team wasn't driving the car when it happened

[Tazio]

On a more serious matter, I hope that Alonso can drive safely this weekend, that McLaren is slow but no gokart!

But despite conceding that "maybe it will never be" clear what caused his steering wheel to lock at Barcelona, the former world champion insisted he had no safety concerns about returning this weekend.
"Of course there are some actions for this race but there are zero problems or worries on my side. Everything is okay," he added

Relax Mia, your fav driver is not at more risk than Jensen, or anyone else in the F1 race this weekend. .

[Mia 01]

OK then Taz, have to Believe in you, for now.

[CNR]

should they be aloud to race with a fault like that ?