Comments on: Piquet had a seat lined up at Toro Rosso before crash scandal

By: Rik

Rik — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:27:56 +0000

You are wrong about Hungary. Dennis informed Max Mosley of Alonso’s threat immediately after he allegedly made it. According to Mosley, Dennis told him during that conversation that McLaren did not have any confidential data. Therefore he could hardly be using Alonso as a scapegoat.

By: mingojo

mingojo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:55:01 +0000

The final apology by Mclaren re:Spy-saga recognised that Confidential Ferrari data was known no only by Alonso, De La Rosa and M. Coughan. However, Mclaren or Ron Dennis never revealed who else in MM knew about Ferrari data. Also Ron Dennis came out with Fernando trying to threat him in Hungary only when MM was fined by FIA. In my opinion it is opportunistic and he tried to use Fernando as scapegoat.

By: Corso

Corso — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:40:05 +0000

I think we cannot make a definitive statement when it cames to compare Schumi and Alonso careers. We´ll have to do it once Alonso retires.
But this is a piece of info: Schumacher took 9 years to archieve his third WC and he was 31. Actually, I´d say so far are plenty of similarities between both…

By: Red Andy

Red Andy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:23:38 +0000

For the bottom 10 drivers the strategy has to be set before the cars enter parc ferme, which is immediately after the driver is knocked out of Q1 or Q2.

By: Rik

Rik — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:04:01 +0000

“The spy-saga was between MM and Ferrari where Ron Dennis tried to use Alonso as scapegoat.”

One of the few real facts we know about McLaren usage of Ferrari data was that Alonso had access to confidential data that he knew came from a Ferrari source, that he discussed the information with de la Rosa, and that he did not report this to the FIA at the time. To my mind that makes him as guilty of cheating as anyone else in McLaren.

By: Nick4

Nick4 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:44:33 +0000

As both Jackie Stewart and Sir Stirling Moss said during the McLaren spygate scandal, “Cheating has been part of F1 since it started in 1950!” The trick is not to be caught! However, it is a sad, but true indictment of the “sport”, that the greater amount of money that is invested in it, the greater the risk that the participants seem willing to take, when it comes to the “cheating” aspect! Recent events are testimony to this, and most especially demonstrated by NP Jnr, when he was prepared to crash a car and risk life and limb for whatever end goal…!!
NP snr has sadly tarnished his reputation, hugley to my mind, by continually muddying the water, to protect his son. However, one has to remember that he never guarded his tongue when he partnered Mansell in Williams. He was even prepared to sling mud at Rosanne Mansell to get at old Nige.
Fernando, however, seems to keep his cool through thick and thin. In 2007, in spite of all the negative press during the Mclaren spygate scandal, he got on with doing what he has paid to do – drive an F1 McLaren and deliver, and in that way win back the credibility that he had lost. It’s interesting to note again, that in spite pf all the heat and suspicion that NP Snr and Felipe are determined to pile on Fernando, he continues to deliver the best that he can in the car and brush off all the heat with calmly delivered responses. It’s no wonder he’s regarded as the most complete F1 driver on the current grid.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:29:44 +0000

Disagree, the way he talks about it is very much, “He must have known, how could he not know? ” As you say, the fact that none of the other principals in this have mentioned Alonso makes you wonder whether he did know about it. Problem for him is, these suspicions will never go away.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:17:27 +0000

“He deserved it,” says Piquet. “Admittedly it wasn’t his idea”

Does that mean something James? is NPS trying to say Pat Symonds came up with the idea?

How would he know Flav didn’t come up with it unless he knows for sure who the originator was, which could only be his own son if he isn’t stretching the truth here.

By: johnpierrer rivera

johnpierrer rivera — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:21:06 +0000

opps. copy that…

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:43:56 +0000

I was writing about the fact that he is still fueling the controversy, and not that he is attending his home race.

I didn’t say he would have allowed his son to crash.

Did you actually read my post before replying?