Comments on: Fernando Alonso offered Renault drive for 2008

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:30:12 +0000

Alonso and Fisi AGAIN? Maybe, Fisi isn’t so bad, it was he who provided all those 3rd and 4th place finishes that earned Renault it’s last Championship.
You don’t have to win, you just have to score enough points, and Fisi did. We might also consider what Massa did this year…….anything less than 2nd place at Brazil and Kimi would NOT have won the title.
Teammates COUNT!!!!!!

By: SoLiD

SoLiD — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:45:16 +0000

Renault could be up there again, they started working very early on their new car..and be sure that Alonso knows this and it will make him a happy man
I wouldn’t be surprised if Alonso wants Fisico as his teammate again (just to avoid tension with a guy like piquet).
I can’t think of another reason why Renault would keep Fisi, I couldn’t understand why they kept him even this year!

By: milos

milos — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:34:23 +0000

I would not underestimate Renault next season…
a) their problem this year were not only tyres but also the calibration of their wind tunnel. and they seem to have sorted that out

b) with traction control gone, the driver input and driver skills will be much more important than before. Alonso may be the part of the puzzle that may gain them the extra few tenths the car may be lacking…

By: alan

alan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:11:25 +0000

dont think alonso even if offered a choice of running partner(3 paces behind is the term I think?)
renault dont have a competitive car and it may take more than one season too sort that out – also he has been there and done it – didnt he fall out Flavio at one point? – rbr for a year for big bucks and then as your article suggested ferrari in 2009 – thats what I think will happen

By: milos

milos — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:42:44 +0000

Kovalainen said a day or 2 back, that he does not want to race in a team where he does not have an equal status… Symonds on the other hands said, that these days in F1 team must have clear no 1 in order to fight for titles…

If Alonso goes to Renault, he will not be going there as no 2… If he goes in, Heikki will go out… If Flavio gets Alonso, he will not need Fisi … unless he will be afraid of pairing Alonso with Piquet … What Alonso does not want is another “Hamilton” next to him

It may well be possible that own choice of a team mate may be one of Alonso’s conditions …