Goodbye Alonso?

[ZBOYD]

Certainly appears so, spanish media reporting that McLaren and Alonso are to part ways.

Not that anyone couldn't see this coming.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63741


Where will he go though? And who will be Lewis' team mate in 2008.

 

[jedi knight]

maybe he will race one of these next year

 

[ZBOYD]

Red Bull or Renault would be my guess. If he gets a choice, I reckon Red Bull is the stronger team.

 

[G2232]

i recon one of the minows for 1 year posibly red bull or williams then on to ferrari

 

[Icecavern]

Also reported on the ITV site

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41226

 

[IainW]

Renault I reckon. Flav has made it clear he'd welcome him back with open arms. It's either that or try and settle into somewhere else again. Can't see Fisichella being retained by Renault unless he's got another year left on his deal, but then again that can easily be broken. He's good footballer apparantly, Flavio might transfer him to QPR.

Whoever comes in at McLaren will have to be prepared to be a lapdog to his team leader.

 

[ZBOYD]

Whoever comes in at McLaren will have to be prepared to be a lapdog to his team leader.

I doubt that, mainly because that's the reason Alonso has left, because he got a competitive team-mate rather than a lapdog.

I can't see McLaren changing their ethics towards driver equality somehow.

Clash of personalities where Alonso is concerned, the guy feels he was World Champion and deserved an advantage. It's really easy to win when your have an advantage, how about proving your a champion.

 

[helms]

i think he will be swapped for kovelienin or how ever you spell it.
Hes been linked to Toyota and Honda, hopefully a swap with Button.
Thats what i would like, all english team, that would be brilliant.
Button is FAR better than that peice of crap car hes been given, stick him in a McLaren and I recon he will be right up there kickin arse!!!

 

[IainW]

I can't see McLaren changing their ethics towards driver equality somehow.

Maybe they'll change their policy now though? This year was very similar to the Senna v Prost days at McLaren in a way. Perhaps they would prefer a slightly inferior driver to Hamilton in the 2nd car, like Berger with Senna, Coulthard with Hakkinen etc.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about Button! He seems to like being the number one where he is presently though and has an ego problem apparantly as a result. I did like the story that he had a cigarette lighter taped inside his car in the Brazil GP, after saying he'd love to set fire to it at the end of the year.

 

[microgerry]

Great news, though not totally unexpected.

Frankly, does it matter where he goes? He is out of McLaren and that's the main thing. Some teams do operate a No1 and No2 driver system but I think it is a much fairer team that runs equal equipment for both drivers.

I know Lewis did not make it to become the world champion this year, but he showed he is as good as Alonso in the same car. When did any of Schumacher's team-mates ever give him a proper race, or was even allowed to?

Roll on 2008, can't wait for it all to begin again.

btw, do you think McLaren will be able to retain Santander as a major partner without the spaniard in the team? I suppose they could always promote De La Rosa from testing to racing - he should be cheap!

 

[IainW]

Apparantly BBC news had their sports correspondant on to ask who might replace him. The guy said de la Rosa possibly, but that "he's a friend of Alonso's". And that means what exactly? Paranoia creeping into the British media.

 

[andycupra]

reanult is the fav.
but heres one for you...

Alonso to Red Bull with couthard back to McLaren for 1 year...

 

[Craig Senior]

reanult is the fav.
but heres one for you...

Alonso to Red Bull with couthard back to McLaren for 1 year...

What after saying this:

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/156636-0/dc_sympathises_with_alonsos_mclaren_plight.html

Stranger things have happened though.

 

[WeeJase]

What after saying this:

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/156636-0/dc_sympathises_with_alonsos_mclaren_plight.html

Stranger things have happened though.

n his recently-released autobiography, It Is What It Is, the
Red Bull
Racing ace

racing ace??? those his own words?

 

[andycupra]

lol well koverlinen or whatever his name is has said Raikonen is the real champion... so whoever goes there has said something wrong!

 

[JasonP06]

Renault? Red Bull? Despite Lewis running roughshod over Fernando on a number of occassions this season I still believe Fernando is one of the top 4 drivers in F1 along with Lewis, Kimmi and and Fillipe.

Hands up anyone who thinks Alonso could go to Renault because with Fernando and Giancarllo back as the partnership they could return to the glory days of 2005 and 2006?

Well if you do then I seriously doubt whether simply putting Alonso and Fisichella back as the driving partership would make Renault the top team they were in 05' and 06'.

And a drive with a team who I view as just not consistent enough point scorers, and when they do score they seem to score in the bottom half of the points, just isn't seen by me.

I would love him to go to Ferrari, with Massa going somewhere that isn't silver in colour, to team with Kimmi Raikkonen but in all honesty what about a drive outside of F1? Say ChampCar?

 

[F2 Stu]

I can see someone moving at Renualt but to make way for whom.............