Comments on: Alonso to drive for Ferrari?

By: Steve James

Steve James — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:24:16 +0000

I heard that Alonso will replace Raikkonen as he underperformed this year.
I think we should give Alonso the chance to get a car to make his talent.
I am sure he will a third world champion in a ferrari. That will strike fear with Maclaren when Alonso is here to spoil the talent show.

By: Rich Ambroson

Rich Ambroson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:52:01 +0000

Colin, I like the way you think! (Though I’d rather the “satellite” team be named Alfa Romeo… ) ;-)

By: Colin Johnston

Colin Johnston — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:52:51 +0000

hmmm… just imagine…

Alonso has a Ferrari contract but it’s not to drive for Scuderia Ferrari it is to lead the new Scuderia Toro Rosso after FIAT buy out Mateschitz’s 50%, rebrand it Maserati & move design & development to Maranello…

By: Timmy Green

Timmy Green — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:29:50 +0000

Does it matter if team mates hate each other in F1? If it were a football team, or tennis doubles, then ok, there may be a need to get along as best you can. But in an F1 team, so what? I’m sure we’ve all gone into ‘the office’ (or whatever working environs you operate in) and disliked someone, but any normal person just gets on with it. It may just be my ignorance, but really, what’s the difference between having Alonso, Raikkonen or Santa Clause as the other man in red, surely you’re still going to race just as hard as you normally would?

By: Ed Foster

Ed Foster — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:00:05 +0000

We are indeed mixing up Lauda/Prost with Senna/Prost. Thanks for reminding me!

It was indeed 1988 when Prost and Senna won every race apart from the Italian Grand Prix, which Gerhard Berger won in the Ferrari F1-87-88C. Senna, having put his car on pole collided with Schlesser’s Williams-Judd only 2 laps from the end. Meanwhile Prost’s engine failed on the 34th lap. I got there in the end…

I think you’re right about Ferrari not wanting all the baggage that goes with Alonso, but every Grand Prix driver has a certain amount. I wouldn’t have thought that Raikkonen and Massa are a bunch of roses all the time.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:06:17 +0000

Umm…. aren’t we mixing up Lauda / Prost with Senna / Prost here? 1988 was the year McLaren won all the races but one, and that was when Senna was doing to Prost what Prost had done to Lauda in 1984 – being the youngster challenging the established champion.

Why would Ferrari want Alonso and all of the baggage that goes with him. Unless Kimi has already decided to retire?

By: Ales Norsky

Ales Norsky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:40:00 +0000

This rumor just won’t go away and that fact alone often indicates that it has some credibility. The idea of having two world champion calibre drivers dice it out as teammates is not normally associated with Ferrari’s line of modus operandi, however, there were days of Ickx/Amon, Arnoux/Tambay, and Alesi/Berger. They were all very evenly matched, although all actual Ferrari world champions had enjoyed preferred No.1 status. It is hard to believe that they would want to change that philosophy now. Nonetheless, in the past Raikkonen was somewhat vocal about quitting F-1 at 30, and maybe Ferrari never intended to retain his services beyond 2009. Regardless of existing contracts, Alonso and Massa could swap seats after this season and in 2010 Raikkonen may be let go and replaced by some youngster. You heard it here first!

By: John Williams

John Williams — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:21:01 +0000

I really don’t think he can. Raikkonen and Alonso becoming team-mates, although exciting, is just a recipe for disaster. Unless of course Massa is staying and Raikkonen is planning to leave and have a career as a skidoo racer…