Alonso – “Put the money on me now”

Yesterday, amid all the drama around Ferrari and USF1, we had another bouncy communication from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. He has been speaking with Don McRae of the Guardian, who has a good relationship with Ferrari’s communications department and has done some very good pieces with Felipe Massa in recent years.

Alonso says that the bookies have [...]

Will Alonso launch a new era for Ferrari?

Fernando Alonso held his first press conference in Ferrari colours today. He spoke about his desire to win many championships with Ferrari, to end his career there and denied requesting number one status at any stage of his career. He also said that he expects to have a good relationship with team mate Felipe Massa.

His [...]

Ferrari boss keen to show Schumacher his drivers are better

Ferrari is hosting its annual media and sponsor event in the Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio this week and that means that there will be plenty of Ferrari-related headlines for the next few days.

Today it was the turn of team principal Stefano Domenicali to speak. He talked about Ferrari’s need to get back to [...]

Montezemolo puts spotlight on Alonso team player role

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has again put the spotlight on Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s expectation of him that he will work for the team and not for himself.
The driver of whom Ron Dennis once said, “Competitive animals know no limits” and Martin Whitmarsh said, “As long as they can keep him winning I’m sure [...]

Alonso is better at development than Raikkonen, says Ferrari boss

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has shed a little more light on the decision to drop Kimi Raikkonen and hire Fernando Alonso, saying that Alonso is a better development driver, more in the mould of Michael Schumacher and that is what the team needs.

Domenicali’s comments will dismay Raikkonen, who has just signed a contract to [...]

Alonso makes first official appearance as a Ferrari driver

Fernando Alonso today took his first bow as a Ferrari driver, appearing at the Ferrari finals day in Valencia.
A crowd in excess of 17,000 turned up at the Riccardo Tormo circuit to see Alonso and his 2010 team mate Felipe Massa and to watch the final rounds of some of the key Ferrari championships featuring [...]

Alonso gets down to work at Ferrari

Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari adventure is underway. The two time world champion has begun the programme of seat fitting and preliminary work with the Scuderia.

Alonso has been quite vague recently when asked about when he would be free to join his new team. I asked him about it on the Friday of the Abu Dhabi weekend [...]

Alonso: “I have the worst car, but I am at my best”

I sat down with a few others last night to talk to Fernando Alonso, for the last time as a Renault driver. Fernando has his detractors among the public, especially in Britain, but he is always interesting to talk to and has strong things to say.
Last night he was on great form, talking about the [...]

Massa gives Alonso an uncomfortable welcome

Felipe Massa is playing an interesting game at the moment, with regards to his team mate for next season, Fernando Alonso.

First at a lunch for Brazilian journalists yesterday in Sao Paolo, he claimed that Alonso must have known about the Singapore crash plot, even though he was cleared of involvement by the FIA, “Fernando knew, [...]

Schumacher “was involved in decision” to hire Alonso

Michael Schumacher has posted a short quote on his website saying that Ferrari’s move to hire Fernando Alonso has his full backing and, what’s more, he was in on it from the start.
“Fernando with Ferrari, that’s something I like a lot. I was involved from the very beginning in this decision, and I always liked [...]

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