All Posts Tagged With: "Fernando Alonso"

Kimi Raikkonen has dismissed as “rubbish” a conspiracy theory about Fernando Alonso’s retirement from recent grands prix.  Read more... (207 words, estimated 50 secs reading time)

Sebastian Vettel has stated he does not “understand” why Felipe Massa has struggled so much alongside Fernando Alonso at Ferrari.  Read more... (369 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

A Spanish newspaper reporter has concocted a conspiracy theory in the days since Fernando Alonso’s first-lap retirement at Suzuka last weekend.

Diario AS Correspondent Manuel Franco reminds his readers that, at Spa, it was Lotus’ Romain Grosjean who triggered the chaos that ended former runaway championship leader Alonso’s race. Then in Japan, it was the sister Lotus, driven by Kimi Raikkonen, who made contact with the Ferrari.  Read more... (204 words, estimated 49 secs reading time)

Fernando Alonso’s championship lead took a massive hit in Japan on Sunday, after the Spaniard spun into retirement at the first corner. The fact his main championship rival Sebastian Vettel went on to dominate the grand prix was therefore the worst-possible news for the Ferrari driver, whose rear tyre was cut by Kimi Raikkonen.  Read more... (177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Fernando Alonso has urged Ferrari to give him a better car to keep defending his diminishing lead in the world championship.

The Spaniard saw his 37-point lead become 29 on Sunday, as Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won under the Singapore lights. Alonso, despite going into the race weekend with high hopes, could manage just third place at the chequered flag, having qualified fifth.  Read more... (217 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Fernando Alonso has admitted to having a “laugh” when he read the names of certain supposed candidates to be his Ferrari teammate in 2013.

Officially, the Italian team quoted its Spanish ‘number 1′ as saying in Singapore: “Looking at all the names that the media have been putting forward as a replacement, I’m not sure if you realise quite how much Felipe has achieved in Formula One”.  Read more... (256 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

According to Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso is the clear favourite to win the 2012 title. Alonso, who finally ended Schumacher’s run of titles in 2005, is currently 37 points ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton with seven races to go.  Read more... (299 words, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)

Rubens Barrichello has tipped Fernando Alonso to hang onto his championship lead all the way to the 2012 finale.  Read more... (299 words, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)

Carlos Sainz, a Spanish rallying legend, thinks Fernando Alonso could one day be regarded as the greatest driver in Formula One history.

The two-time world rally champion defended his countryman, amid suggestions the Ferrari driver is not the friendliest driver on the grid.  Read more... (137 words, estimated 33 secs reading time)

Sebastian Vettel on Wednesday insisted he would not be “afraid” to race against Fernando Alonso in the same team.

Even before Luca di Montezemolo named the German as an ideal Ferrari driver of the future, Vettel was strongly linked with a 2014 switch to the famous Italian squad.  Read more... (288 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)