tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21716786241460074742024-10-06T21:28:38.111-07:00Alonso's F1 news,results,comments. F1 Drivers World Champion 2005 and 2006 with Renault. Join Ferrari 2010, now re-new contract with Ferrari until end 2016.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12826651677455803666noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171678624146007474.post-25854690183917536122011-05-21T13:58:00.000-07:002011-05-21T14:01:21.709-07:00

Fernando Alonso has hailed the qualifying lap that put him fourth on the grid for the Spanish GP as "perfect". With Red Bull and McLaren dominating the weekend's running, it seemed that Alonso would be forced to settle for a place on the third row of the grid. However, late in the third session of qualifying the Spaniard thrilled his home crowd by producing a lap just + 0.983 seconds slower

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Fernando Alonso says that he thinks Ferrari has got a better chance of fighting for a podium place in the Spanish Grand Prix than it did when it arrived in Turkey. Alonso finished third in Turkey after a race-long battle with Mark Webber, securing his first podium of the season as a result. After testing a lot of new parts on the Ferrari during practice at the Circuit de Catalunya, Alonso

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Fernando Alonso signing a new contract with Ferrari team until the end of 2016. Alonso joined Ferrari in 2010 after a difficult two years at Renault and a crazy time at McLaren in 2007. He came within four points of the title in 2010 with Ferrari and, despite a slow start to 2011, expects to see out his career at Maranello. He said, "I am very happy to have reached this agreement,". "I felt

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The rush is on to secure the services of the newly liberated former McLaren driver Fernando Alonso for 2008.Leading the race to sign the double world champion are Renault and Red Bull Racing, according to reports on Saturday."There are always talks everywhere and with everyone," Red Bull mogul Dietrich Mateschitz told the Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten, albeit admitting that his outfit

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The chase was on to sign up former Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso for next season with his old employers at Renault leading the way, Spanish sports newspapers reported on Saturday.Marca said that Renault boss Flavio Briatore was meeting with the French team's lawyers to hammer out the terms of a new contract that would shortly be offered to the 26-year-old Spaniard.Renault, the paper

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After a turbulent season, McLaren Mercedes today confirmed that double world champion Fernando Alonso will not race with the team in 2008. The following is a press release from the team. Following a meeting between Fernando Alonso and McLaren, it was agreed that it would be in the best interests of both parties to bring the relationship to an end.The mutual parting of ways has not been discussed

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Heikki Kovalainen has hit out at suggestions that F1's reigning world champion is "feeling the pressure" of racing alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2007. The media made a meal of Fernando Alonso's claim this week that he has always felt "uncomfortable" at the McLaren team in 2007, after he lost the lead of the drivers' championship to his rookie teammate in Canada. British newspapers interpreted the

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Oct.20 (GMM) Ron Dennis on Saturday played down any suggestion that McLaren's qualifying tactics disadvantaged Fernando Alonso in Brazil. Spaniard Alonso, the lowest placed McLaren or Ferrari runner after the decisive qualifying session of the season at Interlagos, suggested that his super-soft Bridgestones wore out for his final flying lap because he had to push too hard on the out-lap."The

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Oct.22 (GMM) Fernando Alonso and his manager at Interlagos repeated their denials that a deal to return to Renault next year is now effectively done. Speculation is rife that a letter of intent or a verbal agreement - that would be formalised if he can win a release from his McLaren contract - are now in place with the Spaniard's former team. The newspaper 'Marca' reports that Alonso's father

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Fernando Alonso thinks Monaco would have helped his quest to emerge as McLaren's clear 'number one' for the rest of 2007. The Spaniard is tied on points in the drivers' championship with rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton, but Monte Carlo was his second win for the silver camp. "It is understandable that the team still has doubts about who should be the number one," Alonso is quoted as saying by the

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Fernando Alonso's manager has confirmed that the 26-year-old Spaniard is free to leave McLaren ahead of the 2008 season. Widespread Spanish sources - including the news agency EFE and newspapers Diario As, El Mundo Deportivo and Marca - said Alonso's legal representatives successfully negotiated a split in meetings at McLaren's Woking (UK) headquarters on Thursday and Friday morning. The double

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A lawyer representing Fernando Alonso is due to meet with McLaren officials at Woking on Wednesday, according to a Spanish sports daily. The newspaper 'Marca' claims that the meeting is the first step to deciding the 26-year-old's future at the Mercedes-powered team, including the possibility of an early end to a minimally two-year contract that began in 2007. Alonso's manager Luis Garcia Abad,

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Fernando Alonso has bucked reports that the opening few races of 2007 have left him 'rattled'. The reigning world champion and drivers' championship leader might be forgiven for feeling flustered about the performance and hype of his rookie teammate at McLaren in 2007, Lewis Hamilton, or his lacklustre outing earlier this month in Bahrain. But Alonso, 25, is quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE

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A university study has found that world champion Fernando Alonso is the most media-popular driver in formula one. The University of Navarra, situated in the north of Spain, said research based on the quantity of internet pages and news items shows that the 25-year-old McLaren driver is having the greatest impact on the world's media, notwithstanding the near-unprecedented attention devoted to his

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