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[Stephen]

Given how unhappy he was following qualifying, do you think the fact he beat Hamilton on Sunday make the Spaniard any happier? I've never seen him like this, not even when Schumacher beat him during races.

[Fact Man]

I think it's tough when your teamate beats you rather than some driver from a different team. He was expected to be the star at McLaren but he's outshined by Lewis.

I guess he has become more focused and determined. I was watching a Monk episode and when his shrink decided to retire, Monk went through the classical steps of denial, anger and acceptance. I guess that's what happened to Alonso. He's done with his denial and anger and realized that he has to do something about it. I liked his strategy at Silverstone. His mistake was that he went on the hard compounds after the second pit stop. I believe that had he used the softer ones, he would have been able to reduce the gap between him and Kimi and would have been ahead of Kimi when the latter exited from the pits after his second stop.

Don't forget that he was some 30-40 seconds ahead of Lewis who seemed to be unstoppable at the beginning of the race.

[bmwpower]

Every race at every track is important to Alonso because he can't afford to fall behind on points.
Alonso said after the British GP:
"Sooner or later we'll close up the gap," Alonso said. "Since Canada I have been faster than him. At Indianapolis I couldn't overtake him, and at Magny-Cours I had that gearbox problem. Here we had a normal race and I finished over 30 seconds in front of him," Alonso said.

[certom]

obvious, he hadn't the same dog face of the last GPs!!!

[bud]

Very important. it was a fantastic result.

[lil_nath1989]

alonso was impressive i thought on sunday, considering ferrari is the quicker car we'll see how he goes in the remaining races