Alonso Sogns For Ferrari ?

thegoth

Check out this link http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_2752162,00.html

If true, I am amazed. Ferrari will treat him exactly as McLaren. Look how equally they treated Massa and Kimi this year

Ghost Train

Kind of hard to believe... but in order to fill the 100million dollor hole in the budget it would make sense if Alonsos remaining contract is effectivly bought out by ferrari. Have to say it will make Ferrari very strong in terms of driver line up, good for Hamilton if he gets a driver of lesser abilty along side him.

thegoth

Yes. It will make Ferrari very strong for constructors next year, but as history shows, having two very strong team mates means that they take points from each other, reducing the chance of Ferrari taking the drivers championship

muckwarrior

I wouldn't get too excited. Their source is the News of the World :rolleyes:

Ghost Train

muckwarrior wrote:

I wouldn't get too excited. Their source is the News of the World :rolleyes:

yeah, I think the rumour seems to revolve around massa having talks with toyota and therefore a seat might become available in ferrari. I find it hard to imagine alonso going to ferrari, but it might be something that would solve mclarens & alonsos problems

thegoth

Dont think it would solve Alonsos problems as Ferrari would not make him No1. I'd be pretty sure that Kimi would have a cluase in his contract that guarentees him at least equal status in the team.

Also, if I was Ferrari, I would not want Alonso. He is a really fast driver, no doubting, but when things aren't going well with the car, his default is publicly blame the team. It did it at Renault and McLaren. That would not be tolerated by Ferrari or the Tafosi. I think Alonso to Toyota

Running Bing

thegoth wrote:

Dont think it would solve Alonsos problems as Ferrari would not make him No1. I'd be pretty sure that Kimi would have a cluase in his contract that guarentees him at least equal status in the team.

Also, if I was Ferrari, I would not want Alonso. He is a really fast driver, no doubting, but when things aren't going well with the car, his default is publicly blame the team. It did it at Renault and McLaren. That would not be tolerated by Ferrari or the Tafosi. I think Alonso to Toyota

Cant see anyone being stupid enough to put Kimi and Alnso in the same team:D


My prediction is Alonso to Renault, who will be strong again!

Nuttzz

Sees to be Renault according to f1-live.com, fisi will have to look after this gp2 team me thinks

Ghost Train

Nuttzz wrote: »

Sees to be Renault according to f1-live.com, fisi will have to look after this gp2 team me thinks

quite interesting, really comes down to McLaren, do they want him as an opponent in another team, can they afford to keep him, is it worth keeping an unhappy driver

cant remember exactly, but didn't they keep montoya under contract for a few months after he stopped driving for them, but did eventually release him early from the contract so he could start nascar testing.

there is such big money involved in F1 and such high stakes, its difficult to see McLaren letting him go without a big payment or some sort of deal that will give them some sort of compensation

thegoth

I would love if McLaren made Alonso their test driver for next year and allow Paffet or De La Rosa race for them. It would serve Alonso right for all his crying an bitching towards the end of last season and all through this.

I think Toyota may be the dark horses here and could break the bank to sign Alonso, otherwise, its Renault for him