ZitatAlonso planning to 'attack' despite title lead
Alonso leads the title chase by 37 points from Lewis Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen also in close contention. The Ferrari driver told Spanish newspaper Marca that he would "go on the attack" and "try to win the next three races". ..... Asked which of his title rivals he feared most, Alonso joked: "If I had to choose between Hamilton or Vettel, I would choose Räikkonen." .....
ZitatAlonso planning to 'attack' despite title lead
Alonso leads the title chase by 37 points from Lewis Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen also in close contention. The Ferrari driver told Spanish newspaper Marca that he would "go on the attack" and "try to win the next three races". ..... Asked which of his title rivals he feared most, Alonso joked: "If I had to choose between Hamilton or Vettel, I would choose Räikkonen." .....
And he says Hamilton is the only one who can win with not-the-fastest-car. Can you believe this guy!
Well, Hamilton matched him right away. Since Alonso is considered to be the best of the best - and than some - Hami must be extraordinary, and clearly above everybody else too " title="naughty" /> Must be my faulty memory, but for the life of me I can't remember Hami winning in not-the-fastest-car.However I distinctly remember Kimi winning in a Ferrari, that was second best at most.
Old news but maybe it explains why Perez to Ferrari didn't happen:
Fernando Alonso derides 'little names' linked with Ferrari
Zitat Fernando Alonso has described the list of candidates to potentially replace Felipe Massa at Ferrari as "little names".
Massa's future with the Italian team is under scrutiny after a wretched campaign in which he has amassed just 47 points compared to Alonso's 179. Ferrari have yet to confirm their plans for 2013, although Red Bull's Mark Webber did hold talks with the team earlier this year.
A number of drivers have been mooted as possible replacements for Massa, including Sauber's Sergio Perez and Force India duo Nico Hulkenberg and Paul Di Resta, and Alonso has called on Ferrari to ensure any replacement is of a very high calibre.
Ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, the 31-year-old said: "I've been working with Felipe for three years now and we have a very good relationship. If the team decides to change Felipe, anyone who arrives has to be better than Felipe.
"I've seen a lot of names written and I don't know if they have been written with the head or the heart. With all the names you hear, if you compare what Felipe has done in Formula One and what these little names have done in Formula One ... In my opinion we need to have a driver that respects Ferrari, that respects the tradition that here we work for the team, for the red cars. This is the first priority."
Massa has stated his hope that Ferrari will again put their faith in him for 2013. He said: "We need to carry on, trying to get good results, trying to do the best in the car, trying to put everything together. That's what I'm always trying to do and that's the most important thing for me. My contract is not signed yet but I'm really looking forward to that."
"here we work for the team, for the red cars" - doesn't he mean, "here we work for me, for my red car"? h" title="hih" /> It seems that Alonso trained his lapdog good and is now not willing to let him go h" title="hih" /> " title="wink" />
Zitat von valuk"here we work for the team, for the red cars" - doesn't he mean, "here we work for me, for my red car"? It seems that Alonso trained his lapdog good and is now not willing to let him go
alright ...i couldnt help but check how the season went and how 'stratospheric' Alonso's achievements are
If getting to grips with the machinery faster is what makes him more deserving for the title , Vettels is no mean feat either.
Alonso's special races are malaysia,valencia and Monza. He hauled it way up than where he started.
Vettel's - China and Spa, both times he qualified way down and drove a controlled race with a better strategy to get up to where he finished.
What we forget in the case of Alonso is, ferrari is a seasoned team, The fact that their design team screwed up does not mean that their race team isnt top notch. All that helps in getting ferrari above any other team in a race situation, with the exception of mclaren or (maybe)redbull. Seb has been desperate in races, which has lost him some points,but apart from that he has always maximised his race results. He had his share of bad luck in races and no big fortunes.Yet he is up there and they claim it to be down to newey.
A generalization made in the paddock is the Red Bull is better on Saturday and the Ferrari is better in Sunday. Fernando even said during the Indian GP that the car goes better on Sunday. If that is the case: which car would make your argument stronger based off of the data you presented?
I personally don't think Monza was anything special. In fact: I think Kimi in Bahrain is a very fair comparison. Both underachieved on Saturday with a potentially race winning car. But had too much ground to make up.
And don't forget about how strong Alonso's car is in variable weather. He couldn't have asked for more at the start of the English swing. Kimi would have won in Germany if it wasn't for that crazy storm after Q1.
At the end of the day: vettel has the better car and is fully capable to deliver the title. His coming together with Narain can be cancelled out by Alonso's coming together with Kimi. But I still think Narain was more at fault than Kimi in the respective situations.
Vettel also retired from the lead in Valencia. So would Alonso's European GP drive look as good if both vettel and grosjean didn't retire with alternator failures?
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