Where are the Alonso detractors Pt 3
04-11-2008, 01:18 PM
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, crap another bottle for the finn , no way , hell NOOOOOOOOO !!!! that lame **** little kiddey , better pick it up and stop driving like a numbnut ..... i want back my bottle 
04-11-2008, 01:30 PM
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Ok wait until race 15 and i will give you a bet ......
Cheers....
04-11-2008, 02:55 PM
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Wayne, Wayne, Wayne. 
Can't you see the hypocrisy in this press release?
"Renault is the right choice for the coming years" and "Renault seemed like the right ones, with the experience, to make a good car and win races". Then in the same breath he says "Next year I want to be with a team that can win" and Alonso is making no concrete commitment to the French outfit for 2009.
Is it me or were there 2 different people being interviewed here?
Can't you see the hypocrisy in this press release?"Renault is the right choice for the coming years" and "Renault seemed like the right ones, with the experience, to make a good car and win races". Then in the same breath he says "Next year I want to be with a team that can win" and Alonso is making no concrete commitment to the French outfit for 2009.
Is it me or were there 2 different people being interviewed here?
04-17-2008, 12:12 PM
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Alonso downplays Renault's progress
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By Pablo Elizalde Thursday, April 17th 2008, 09:18 GMT
Fernando Alonso believes his Renault team have not made enough progress to leave the midfield group despite several updates being introduced in their R28 car this week.
The two-time champion and his team admitted before the Barcelona test that they were pinning their hopes for a better season on the developments tested this week at the Spanish track.
Alonso topped the times with the revised car in yesterday's session and confessed the upgrades were a step forward after a poor start to the season.
But the Spaniard reckons Renault have not progressed enough to be ahead of the midfield pack.
"The car is better, that's true, but we haven't made so much progress," Alonso was quoted as saying by AS newspaper. "We still haven't managed to escape the midfield group.
"It's very close. Things haven't changed so much because the others have evolved too. We are still more or less in the same place as before this test.
"We are in a group where, if everything goes well, you qualify eighth on the grid, but if you fail, then you have Red Bull, the Toyota and Williams ahead of you and you are 14th and outside of Q3."
Alonso, however, said it was not easy to judge where Renault stand ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix next week.
"The day was good and I'm happy with the developments, but we need to continue improving because the rest have done that too. It's hard to say where we are compared to the rest. We will only know next week."
By Pablo Elizalde Thursday, April 17th 2008, 09:18 GMT
Fernando Alonso believes his Renault team have not made enough progress to leave the midfield group despite several updates being introduced in their R28 car this week.
The two-time champion and his team admitted before the Barcelona test that they were pinning their hopes for a better season on the developments tested this week at the Spanish track.
Alonso topped the times with the revised car in yesterday's session and confessed the upgrades were a step forward after a poor start to the season.
But the Spaniard reckons Renault have not progressed enough to be ahead of the midfield pack.
"The car is better, that's true, but we haven't made so much progress," Alonso was quoted as saying by AS newspaper. "We still haven't managed to escape the midfield group.
"It's very close. Things haven't changed so much because the others have evolved too. We are still more or less in the same place as before this test.
"We are in a group where, if everything goes well, you qualify eighth on the grid, but if you fail, then you have Red Bull, the Toyota and Williams ahead of you and you are 14th and outside of Q3."
Alonso, however, said it was not easy to judge where Renault stand ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix next week.
"The day was good and I'm happy with the developments, but we need to continue improving because the rest have done that too. It's hard to say where we are compared to the rest. We will only know next week."
04-17-2008, 12:17 PM
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By Pablo Elizalde Thursday, April 17th 2008, 09:18 GMT
Fernando Alonso believes his Renault team have not made enough progress to leave the midfield group despite several updates being introduced in their R28 car this week.
The two-time champion and his team admitted before the Barcelona test that they were pinning their hopes for a better season on the developments tested this week at the Spanish track.
Alonso topped the times with the revised car in yesterday's session and confessed the upgrades were a step forward after a poor start to the season.
But the Spaniard reckons Renault have not progressed enough to be ahead of the midfield pack.
"The car is better, that's true, but we haven't made so much progress," Alonso was quoted as saying by AS newspaper. "We still haven't managed to escape the midfield group.
"It's very close. Things haven't changed so much because the others have evolved too. We are still more or less in the same place as before this test.
"We are in a group where, if everything goes well, you qualify eighth on the grid, but if you fail, then you have Red Bull, the Toyota and Williams ahead of you and you are 14th and outside of Q3."
Alonso, however, said it was not easy to judge where Renault stand ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix next week.
"The day was good and I'm happy with the developments, but we need to continue improving because the rest have done that too. It's hard to say where we are compared to the rest. We will only know next week."
By Pablo Elizalde Thursday, April 17th 2008, 09:18 GMT
Fernando Alonso believes his Renault team have not made enough progress to leave the midfield group despite several updates being introduced in their R28 car this week.
The two-time champion and his team admitted before the Barcelona test that they were pinning their hopes for a better season on the developments tested this week at the Spanish track.
Alonso topped the times with the revised car in yesterday's session and confessed the upgrades were a step forward after a poor start to the season.
But the Spaniard reckons Renault have not progressed enough to be ahead of the midfield pack.
"The car is better, that's true, but we haven't made so much progress," Alonso was quoted as saying by AS newspaper. "We still haven't managed to escape the midfield group.
"It's very close. Things haven't changed so much because the others have evolved too. We are still more or less in the same place as before this test.
"We are in a group where, if everything goes well, you qualify eighth on the grid, but if you fail, then you have Red Bull, the Toyota and Williams ahead of you and you are 14th and outside of Q3."
Alonso, however, said it was not easy to judge where Renault stand ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix next week.
"The day was good and I'm happy with the developments, but we need to continue improving because the rest have done that too. It's hard to say where we are compared to the rest. We will only know next week."
(also reported on SpeedTV website):
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...t-says-alonso/
Renault’s revised R28 won’t be the tool with which double world champion Fernando Alonso will return to fighting for victories, the Spaniard conceded to Madrid’s AS newspaper
Clearly the car will have pole by 0.5 seconds and Alonso is simply sandbagging.....seems obvious to me......what about you Sir A. Wayne?
Rumors are already circulating that Ferrari has alerted the FIA that they will NOT contest any further F1 races this season, since they are afraid of being embarassed by Alonso and the field crushing R28 (with the Red Bull engine cover 'shark fin'....nice touch).......McLaren and BMW are also weighing their PR options about the potential for being lapped by Alonso in the R28 should they chose to continue racing in F1 this season.
04-17-2008, 01:28 PM
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Trucho,
We all agreed and signed the contract that stated Planet F1 was not to be quoted in F1 threads. They are the equivalent of the National Enquirer. You are in breach!!
As Wayne stated, no one knows what kind of fuel loads they were running and when Rubens went fastest earlier this week, it was clear that either fuel loads or certain chassis were better suited to the superior mechanical grip offered by the slicks.
Since slicks will be reintroduced next year, and the Renault clearly liked the better Michelin rubber in the past and reacted beautifully to the slicks, I wonder if Alonso will reconsider and stay with Renault to try to develope the car around these tires and start to concentrate on the 2009 chassis now?
We all agreed and signed the contract that stated Planet F1 was not to be quoted in F1 threads. They are the equivalent of the National Enquirer. You are in breach!!
As Wayne stated, no one knows what kind of fuel loads they were running and when Rubens went fastest earlier this week, it was clear that either fuel loads or certain chassis were better suited to the superior mechanical grip offered by the slicks.
Since slicks will be reintroduced next year, and the Renault clearly liked the better Michelin rubber in the past and reacted beautifully to the slicks, I wonder if Alonso will reconsider and stay with Renault to try to develope the car around these tires and start to concentrate on the 2009 chassis now?
04-17-2008, 01:36 PM
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Since slicks will be reintroduced next year, and the Renault clearly liked the better Michelin rubber in the past and reacted beautifully to the slicks, I wonder if Alonso will reconsider and stay with Renault to try to develope the car around these tires and start to concentrate on the 2009 chassis now?
04-17-2008, 01:45 PM
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I'm actively starting MY online political action committee to have Alonso remain at Renault and NOT go to Ferrari. As much as it pains me, I will have to pinch my nose and bear the fact that I will have to praise Alonso at every turn of the season to ensure he IS will Renault for 2009 and hopefully beyond.
04-17-2008, 02:37 PM
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WTF? You go back and forth more than a broken gate!!!
I'm actively starting MY online political action committee to have Alonso remain at Renault and NOT go to Ferrari. As much as it pains me, I will have to pinch my nose and bear the fact that I will have to praise Alonso at every turn of the season to ensure he IS will Renault for 2009 and hopefully beyond.
I'm actively starting MY online political action committee to have Alonso remain at Renault and NOT go to Ferrari. As much as it pains me, I will have to pinch my nose and bear the fact that I will have to praise Alonso at every turn of the season to ensure he IS will Renault for 2009 and hopefully beyond.
