Oct 11, 2007 11:01:07 PM
Oct 12, 2007 11:31:40 AM
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cgt said:
Alonso has a contract. Ron will not allow him to break it unless financial settlement is made. Technically he is already in breach of his contract if he has signed anything with Renault while still under contract to McLaren.
I wonder if Renault have the money to do bail him out as Carlos Ghosn recently talked about cost-cutting. Possibly some kind of driver swap could be involved with Kovalainen.
Then after all this Alonso gets to Renault, gets teamed up with Piquet Jr. who refuses to accept no. 2 status, outqualifies Alonso in two races and Alonso spontaneously self-combusts
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cgt said:
Alonso has a contract. Ron will not allow him to break it unless financial settlement is made. Technically he is already in breach of his contract if he has signed anything with Renault while still under contract to McLaren.
I wonder if Renault have the money to do bail him out as Carlos Ghosn recently talked about cost-cutting. Possibly some kind of driver swap could be involved with Kovalainen.
Then after all this Alonso gets to Renault, gets teamed up with Piquet Jr. who refuses to accept no. 2 status, outqualifies Alonso in two races and Alonso spontaneously self-combusts
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mumbasic said:
The number one status in a team is very promising. Michael Schumacher was a real number one in his team more then Alonso was when driving for Flavio. Look what happens now to Mclaren. Do you think that Schumacher loved to be beaten by his team mate?
Until last year I think Mclaren was the only team with no number one. But last year Mclaren was not a top team. Each top team has a number one.
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mumbasic said:
The number one status in a team is very promising. Michael Schumacher was a real number one in his team more then Alonso was when driving for Flavio. Look what happens now to Mclaren. Do you think that Schumacher loved to be beaten by his team mate?
Until last year I think Mclaren was the only team with no number one. But last year Mclaren was not a top team. Each top team has a number one.
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The big difference when comparing Schumacher and Alonso is that Schumacher absolutely dominated his team-mates and earned the right to no.1 status on merit. Irvine, Barichello, Herbert, none of them were anywhere near Schumacher therefore No. 1 or No. 2 status became a moot point. Had Alonso been as good relative to Hamilton, this whole No. 1 /No. 2 issue would not even have been discussed. It is precisely because Alonso is not fast enough that this becomes an issue. If his junior team-mate is quicker then how can Alonso expect or demand No. 1 status
A question for you, observing Alonso this year, do you feel he has earned the right to be given no. 1 status as he kept asking for based on his relative performances to his team-mate in the early part of the season???
Simple yes or no answer will do thank you!