Comments on: Will Alonso launch a new era for Ferrari?

By: alsi

alsi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:32:01 +0000

alonso is the best.thats for sure.him and jeff gordon are gona be unbeatable in the ferrari in 2010.hope toyota does well in 2010 as well!!! they deserve it.thanks james for this website.there are a couple of interesting things on it.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:57:00 +0000

Retaking the beginning of the post.
As far the limits in budget and testing are kept, I see truly imposible to pick any driver to win 7 WCs as MS did.

FA is the best position to do it, 2 already and many years left to do it.

With these restrictions I do not see Ferrari, McLaren or Brawn having a winning car for that many years on a row. As Jordan was saying on the BBC, Ferrari got out of trouble by throwing money and testing until they manage to find performance. That is over.
If you star badly you are doomed (ie Renault or BMW in 2009), you might win some races (McLaren) but forget about the WC.

By: norbert

norbert — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:32:11 +0000

pretty much all papers uh?
you took your time and read what the rest of the world is saying, yes?
then, surely, you should have no problem in giving us JUST 3 examples of a non-british paper talking about the twisted personality of “Evil Alonso”, the villain who brake-tested Lewis…..
I’m sorry to disapoint you mate, but this fictional character only exists in the British tabloids and on the minds of those prone to voluntarily switch off their ability to have an opinion of their own.

By: Pablo Rossi

Pablo Rossi — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:43:04 +0000

Personally I don’t believe Fisi deserves half the credit he’s being given. If Kimi, Alonso, Lewis and several others were in that Force India car at Spa, there would have been no-one even close to them. After the restart Kimi was a beast; yes because of KERS but also because he is a dedicated overtaker meaning once he makes his move its win or bust. It was more than just KERS that got him past. However like i said, the same guys in the FI car would not have let that happened or if they had they would have retaken the Ferrari, there were enough laps for Fisi’s FAR superior car to take the lead but he wasn’t up to the job. Reminded me a lot of my favourite race of all time – Suzuka 2005.
A genuine question to any Fisi fans (Gary) – Do you believe that roles reversed Fisi would have won the race in the Ferrari had Kimi been in the Force India. Purely hypothetical and as i’m writing it, it sounds confrontational – I assure you this is not intended!!!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:59:32 +0000

Comments like these make me wander if I am getting rather too old. Do you realize that Schumacher was making his mark while Senna and Prost was racing? By saying that Lewis would shock him is an insult to other champions who shared the track with him

By: Smellyden

Smellyden — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:59:40 +0000

I understand what you are saying, but throughout Schuey era he only ever faced one driver, who could match him. But in the era now with cars being so close in terms of competivness, and with so many drivers being capable of winning, I think my comment is still valid!

By: Amritraj

Amritraj — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:56:14 +0000

Gary, I am giving Fisi all the credit he deserves. In fact I have factored the difference in the Force India and the Ferrari car to Fisi’s defence. All I am saying is you cannot use his relative pace at Renault and Ferrari as a guidepost to compare Alonso and Kimi’s pace, and you cannot deduce that Kimi would be faster than Alonso becuase he was relatively quicker than Fisi than Alonso was (during their pairing at Renault). The logic Peter Freeman is using is completely bonkers.

This is F1. Even the most brilliant and expereinced engineers have to rack their brains to figure out who is quicker and why. And we have an armchair analyst who seems to have figured why Kimi is quicker than Alonso. May be he should apply to Ferrari for a job. They may hire him as their talent scout….

By: Ahmed Al Mutawa

Ahmed Al Mutawa — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:37:37 +0000

Given a competitve car, spot on strategy team & pit lane crew ( 2008, 2009 were absolute shambles ), he will do great. I agree with F1- Fan, Massa will be shown the door at the end of 2010 season, i believe he won’t be 100% fit, add to that he won’t keep up with Alonso’s pace, & don’t rule out Schumacher / Alonso at Ferrari. When Ferrari signed Alonso , Schumacher said, ( Fernando with Ferrari, that’s something I like a lot. I was involved from the very beginning in this decision, and I always liked the idea. I am sure Fernando will feel well with us, and I can only say: Welcome, Fernando! ) or may be R Kubica will drive alongside Alonso. With all respect, the drivers title will be between Alonso & Schumacher specially with the refuelling ban in place.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:21:31 +0000

Don’t think it’s a fairytale – pretty much all papers were saying it, not just British. The guy’s a cry baby, accept it.

By: norbert

norbert — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:20:44 +0000

either you are Fernando Alonso’s psycoanalist and know something the rest of us don’t, or your post is the most elocuently written pile of dung i’ve ever read… based on the offical gospel of Lewis Hamilton, i know, i’ve heard that tale of David and Goliath before, i’m actually sick of hearing it , actually , no matter how elocuently told.