Comments on: “We’re walking through fire”; Renault reaction to latest setback

By: " for sure "

" for sure " — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:31:00 +0000

It was mentioned by Eddie Jordan today?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:16:25 +0000

There’s no denying that alonso is one of the fastest and most consistent drivers in f1. However, in a race where overtaking opportunities were virtually non-existant you have to say that alonso wouldn’t've been able to set those times had he been back in 15th behind trulli or one of the other slower cars. While I respect the fact that he drove very well and acknowledge that he knew nothing about the crash conspiracy, I think alonso is devaluing his other wins by ranking this ‘fixed’ win alongside them. The fact of the matter is that alonso only won that race because his team cheated to give him the opportunity to do so.
Granted he was faultless once he was moved from last
place to effectively first, but I still think he should have the humility to admit that the victory is tainted. It’s just a bit disappointing to hear him say ‘everything worked perfectly’ with regard to a race that was fixed and has been refered to by many as the biggest scandal to hot f1 one.

By: Werewolf

Werewolf — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:34:15 +0000

I’m with James. It’s been a great year ontrack – and that is what really matters. The diffuser controversy was pure F1, albeit caused by poor rule drafting, and the media scrums surrounding the Hamilton-Ryan saga (I steadfastly refuse to use the ‘gate’ suffix) and Singapore 2008 seem to have been deliberately fuelled by the FIA. I’ll be damned (or should that be whipped) if I’ll let someone as contemptible as Mosley has become ruin my F1.

This has been an unsavoury time – and annoyingly so – but the guilty have been eradicated and soon too will Mosley, so let’s move on with enthusiasm.

By: DAN

DAN — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:36:04 +0000

René is a top bloke that I had the pleasure to meet a few times at Goodwood but I am not sure he would want such job. The reason I was suggesting Patrick Faure is because I feel had it still been around at Renault last year he would have killed the crash idea in the bud and none of this scandal would have happened. He was here to control Flavio’s wild side and as long as he was around Flavio did only reasonable things. With Patrick gone Flavio’s power was no longer under control.

By: F1 links: Alonso defends Singapore win | Formula One News

F1 links: Alonso defends Singapore win | Formula One News — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:27:18 +0000

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By: James Allen

James Allen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:26:44 +0000

I really hope so.

By: Matt Preston

Matt Preston — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:33:30 +0000

A walk around the pits last night after P2 revealed more ING logos removed from the walls of their garage. Although there are some still present. I was impressed how quickly they replaced the stickers on the cars though.

Is it possible teams carry replacement stickers in case sponsors terminate contracts or the team itself wishes to remove the sponsor over some kind of pay dispute? Just a thought.

By: Rudy Pyatt

Rudy Pyatt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:19:33 +0000

Then again, how about the traditional “French Blue” national colors and lay any sponsor decals over that? Never liked that Williams (and Brabham) took over the American Blue and White. All British teams should go BRG!

By: Rudy Pyatt

Rudy Pyatt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Arnoux?

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F1 links: Alonso defends Singapore win | F1Juice.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:55:14 +0000

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