Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
Hey Doc , quit bringin' stuff like this up or Tazzy will call you a drama queen .
I'm pretty sure there's no need to make any of this personal.

There is so much confliciting information that who can tell? The marshals reportedly said Alonso was out, but not Fred says he never was. I'm guessing the impact rattled him so bad that he has no idea what happened before or after. That or he remembers things all wrong. When you go bouncing your brain around in your skull, it stops working properly for at least awhile.

The fact Fred was out three weeks tells you this was bad. James Hinchcliffe got a concussion at Indy and only missed a few days. Nelson Piquet had one that was so bad he felt it for most of his 87 championship. I don't think there is any such thing as a minor concussion. some are just much worse than others.

If Ron pointed the finger at Fred, I have not read anything like that. The most damming thing I have seen come from the McLaren camp is that they said they could not find anything wrong with the car. That's not nearly the same thing as saying Fred f***ed up. It's more like "We don't know what happened." Initially they even went with the wild story that it was a gust of wind, so clearly McLaren was going out of their way not to blame Alonso.

What I am not buying is that if the steering really did lock, how come they can't find it now? Why didn't that show up on telemetry?

I am mostly inclined to believe no one really knows what happened because there is no video, very little telemetry, and Alonso got the schitt knocked out of him so bad that he either he is delusional or remembers so little that he has to make something up to save face when he should really just be happy he's going to be healthy.

Look, I have no way of knowing for sure and neither does anyone else except maybe there's a 1% chance Alonso remembers something. What I do know is that it's a little bit early in this divine reunion for the fingers to start coming out. Do these guys want this to work or not?

If it we me I would say "How do I know? I got the living schitt smacked out of me and I don't remember anything." Bang.......... end of controversy.

I think this is just a sign that no matter what happens all year (or as long as this lasts), nothing is ever going to be Alonso's fault ...... nothing. I think all Formula One drivers are self serving prim Madonnas who can never believe they have ever done anything wrong. This goes for all of them, though some are a bit more sure of themselves than others.

And no, I have never had a problem with Alonso at all. I loved it when he handed Schumacher his ass and ran him out of the sport. So, before someone says I am racist against Spaniards or something, don't even try.

Would you want to assure your big backer that it really wasn't your fault , and that all the faith they had put in you was well placed ?
I'm not sure which backer you mean, but I will operate on the premise you mean Dennis. Ron's been in this so long he's not going to lose faith in a driver the first time they bend a front upright and flatten a wheel. Ron probably doesn't even care that Alonso crashed because that's just part of it. All Ron cares about now is getting Fred up to speed and McLaren back to the front.

And for all the Alonso faithful, don't think your driver is being dissed because some of us believe he is capable of making a mistake. He's probably the best driver in the world, but he's also not God himself.