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I would love for Alonso to be back in a Ferrari - I have no doubts that he has been and will always be regarded as one of the greats, in spite of whatever political baggage he brings with him. I doubt anyone can deny the talent that Alonso is - he is relentless and he works and adjusts his driving style to any car no matter if its superior or inferior.
For e.g. Kimi always complains about the front end not being sharp and it hampering his turn-in confidence, while he was at Ferrari in spite of the fact that Alonso drove the same car to achieve better results than what the chassis was capable of, he has always done this not matter which team he has gone to, this can not be debated.
On a side note to the above JA story, the below is interesting as well:
And this: https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2017...res-a-thought/
Thanks for the follow-up. All good.
Eh. Not sure I'm on board here:
The media =/= the fans. Methinks the media is far more outraged over what Vettel did than the fans are, who, like many pundits and racers have said, like to see a bit of emotion in a race.The interesting thing is that Ferrari will now see just how worthless its attitude towards the media has been in recent months. The team is about to get its arse handed to it on a plate. There is no sympathy at all in the media as a result of the teams stupid decision to deliberately ignore the press. They can wail and gripe and no one cares (apart from a few sycophants and some Italians who only see red) because the company has blown the goodwill that it used to have. If you plant stinging nettles in your garden, you should not be surprised if you get stung. Maybe ignoring the press has allowed the team to focus more on getting the job done, but it was never an intelligent move. The point of Ferrari being in F1 is to sell cars and winning races is not the whole story. Engagement is important.
Same here.I would love for Alonso to be back in a Ferrari - I have no doubts that he has been and will always be regarded as one of the greats, in spite of whatever political baggage he brings with him. I doubt anyone can deny the talent that Alonso is - he is relentless and he works and adjusts his driving style to any car no matter if its superior or inferior.
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Alonso is a tremendous talent, no doubt. That he's lost the last few years in the McHonda is borderline criminal.
Don't see him climbing back into an F-car, though, so long as Seb is there. Ferrari have operated with a 1-2 driver policy, even if not explicitly or publicly stated, for a very long time. That's where Kimi's value comes into play. He's arguably the best number two driver on the grid, but no longer fast enough to consistently challenge Vettel, and I think that's pretty much exactly what Ferrari want. Throwing Alonso into the other car would create more trouble than it'd be worth.
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