Look at the stories that have come out today. Alonso unsettled, McLaren publicly inviting Alonso back etc etc. The bit about Alonso's post that raises a big hariy Alonson sized eyebrow is "once they decided not to keep Felipe, they asked me what I thought". Suggests he had no input in the Massa decision.
Lol, Alonso a bit pissed off: BBC Sport's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson in Singapore: "Ferrari's Fernando Alonso starts only seventh here, out-qualified by team-mate Felipe Massa for the fifth time in 12 races this season. Ferrari sources have quietly let it be known this season that they feel Alonso does not always get the best out of the car in qualifying. This was a reason they signed Kimi Raikkonen for 2014, to push him harder out of what they believe may be his comfort zone. But it was clear on Saturday that this perception is getting to Alonso. The Spaniard pointed out afterwards that Massa had previously always been known as a strong qualifier - besting Raikkonen when they were Ferrari team-mates, for example - but that in their four years at Ferrari, he had out-qualified Massa 82% of the time. The fact that he brought it up - and that he knew the exact number - speaks volumes."
Ward says FIA credibility at risk over support letters Ward has complained to the FIA ethics committee. Unless Wards complaint came attached to a large brown paper envelope I don't think anything is going to happen.
From Alonso's body language he holds no real anger or frustration with Kimi coming in, but he seemed more pissed by the media's stigma of himself that he will fall off the rails and flip against Ferrari sooner or later.
Thats just showing off! [video=youtube;0Cykz8Pg0Ds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cykz8Pg0Ds[/video]
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/...feedType=RSS&feedName=motorSportsNews&rpc=401 that's a shame. Alonso put in a lot of time to try and make this work
Because I can't just post amusing Lotus stuff and not give Ferrari any credit when they do something: please log in to view this image
Lotus news -Lotus are giving up with passive DRS for 2013 -They're going to use the long wheel base car from now on, it gains them 2-4 tenths -They've given up on Red Bull saying they're 2-3 second ahead! Main aim is to tackle Mercedes http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...eten-kein-passives-drs-mehr-2013-7741539.html
please log in to view this image Seems Lewis just wants to try and get ahead of Vettel at lease one more time this season..... good luck! http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110129
We thought McLaren were next in line to get a 1000km tyre test with Pirelli, but it's actually Ferrari! According to Pius Gasso, De La Rosa is at Barcelona today doing the 1000km test.
At the Korean Grand Prix Fernando Alonso could become the most successful driver in the history of the Formula 1 world championship. And if he doesn't do it there, it's inevitable he will do so before the season is out. By most metrics, the Spaniard is already recognised as an all-time great thanks to his two world titles, 32 victories and close to 100 appearances on the podium. But he is also on the brink of becoming number one on points scored. If he wins or finishes second in Korea, Alonso will leap ahead of Michael Schumacher at the top of the list. A third place will put him level with the German's haul of 1566 points. http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/5592/what-do-f1-points-mean-anyway/ The natural reflex is to dismiss this achievement. In real terms, changes to the points system - particularly the shift to 25 points for a win in 2010 - renders his achievement meaningless when comparing it with others. The points system, the longevity of today's drivers, the number of races in a season and the reliability of current machinery overwhelmingly loads the dice in favour of contemporary racers. Eight of the top 15 all-time scorers are active, while a further two have raced under the current scoring system. What's more, eight of them are also in the top 15 most prolific race-starters, the least experienced in the list being Sebastian Vettel with 114. Top F1 points scorers: 1. Michael Schumacher, 1566 2. Fernando Alonso, 1551 3. Sebastian Vettel, 1301 4. Lewis Hamilton, 1064 5. Jenson Button, 1053 6. Mark Webber, 978.5 7. Kimi Raikkonen, 935 8. Alain Prost, 798.5 9. Felipe Massa, 791 10. Rubens Barrichello, 658 11. Ayrton Senna, 614 12. David Coulthard, 535 13. Nico Rosberg, 515.5 14. Nelson Piquet, 485.5 15. Nigel Mansell, 482 [HR][/HR] Top F1 points scorers based on today's points system: 1. Michael Schumacher, 3890 2. Alain Prost, 2470.5 3. Fernando Alonso, 2394 4. Rubens Barrichello, 1892 5. Ayrton Senna, 1859.5 6. Kimi Raikkonen, 1854 7. David Coulthard, 1726 8. Nelson Piquet, 1672 9. Jenson Button, 1664.5 10. Nigel Mansell, 1500 11. Sebastian Vettel, 1491 12. Lewis Hamilton, 1439 13. Gerhard Berger, 1409.5 14. Mika Hakkinen, 1382 15. Niki Lauda, 1337 [HR][/HR] Average points per finish based on current scoring system:* 1. Alberto Ascari, 19.23 2. Juan Manuel Fangio, 18.55 3. Jackie Stewart, 17.60 4. Alain Prost, 17.28 5. Ayrton Senna, 17.22 6. Jim Clark, 17.06 7. Michael Schumacher, 16.14 8. Stirling Moss, 15.55 9. Sebastian Vettel, 15.53 10. Giuseppe Farina, 15.46 11. Nigel Mansell, 15.31 12. Niki Lauda, 15.02 13. Jochen Rindt, 14.32 14. Damon Hill, 14.17 15. Mike Hawthorn, 13.83 18. Alonso 13.53 22. Hamilton 13.45 27. Raikkonen 12.70 93. Webber 8.26 *minimum 100 points 'scored'
Modern drivers also benefit from massively improved reliability compared to their coutnerparts of days gone by, so all points comparisons are almost meaningless unless you bring back in the points lost through reliability failues (as opposed to driver error). Senna, Piquet, Mansell & Prost would all have a lot more points if their respective cars through their careers had the reliability of today. Also less races in a season back then, just 16 on average so a driver would do less races in their careers before they got too old (or in Mansell's case forgot that he was too old)
Well Autosprint and Mundo Deportivo have reported today that Ferrari are tyre testing in Barcelona. Yet Ferrari are denying it. They're definitely doing something there because Pius Gasso doesn't lie. Perhaps he's mistaken and it's a Corse Clienti event, or maybe Ferrari are lying.
