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[texasmr2]

Watching practice today on SPEED it was said that Alonso turned down Toyota's offer of $57million per season, has Flavio outbid them or is it that Renault, especially Flavio, need's to save face and try to return to it's past glory day's?

[Lewis Hamilton - COME ON!]

HAHAHA, $57m? Flavio must of outbid him....his price is $57,000,000.01 LOL

[7UpJordan]

He probably saw the blueprints of next years car and saw it's just another rehash of the 2002 car with the same boring paint-job.

[Ron Dennis]

What is McLarens cut?

[Lewis Hamilton - COME ON!]

what is McLarens cut?

They get the champship next season, as long as Alonso wins half the races!

LOL

[Selcouth_Feline]

Is it possible that McLaren can refuse to let him go, but also refuse to give him a race-seat? Or is it likely that it is written into his contract that he has a race-seat whilst he's with the team?

[cap-dude]

Mercedes have basically refuesed to let Alonso represent their Company anymore.

So Alonso has to go somwhere, he's not going to Toyota because they're slow.
He is going to Renault because they can still build a race winning car.

[Lewis Hamilton - COME ON!]

Mercedes have basically refuesed to let Alonso represent their Company anymore.

So Alonso has to go somwhere, Hes not going to Toyota because they're slow.
He is going to Renault because they can still build a race winning car.

He can go to team up with Jason Plato!

[darwin dali]

$57m is a nice chunk of change even with the weak dollar these days.
I'm sure it's more about the car, the prospects and even the team atmosphere than the money.

[McLaren Fan]

It's always the same with Toyota. Throw money at something. Alonso is on $39,000,000 a year, not including sponsorship deals etc. There becomes a point when it's only numbers on a page.

What Alonso wants is a winning team or a team he can perfect and make a winning team. Toyota are not that. They have too many people in gray suits at the top interfering. Renault are not out and out winners with the same potential as Ferrari, McLaren and what BMW are starting to show, however, they are race winners at least and if circumstances played out for them and with some of Alonso's skill they could be an outside bet for titles.

[Lewisfan]

According to Alonso he developed the Mercedes McLaren cars. So why doesn't he go and develope the Toyota car? Or does Alonso have an ego as big as his head?

[texasmr2]

Or does Alonso got a ego as big as his head?

This, imo, is one of if not the biggest contributing factor's to his demise as a respected driver and person.

EDIT: I felt the need to add to my reply that I understand that to get to F1 ego is a major factor in one's success, it's just how one use's it. I hope my meaning is understood regardless of my poor sentence structure .

[supeindesu]

According to Alonso he develop the Mercedes McLaren cars. So why don't he go and develope the Toyota car? Or does Alonso got a ego as big as his head?

According to you he is the only one responsible for the spy-gate.

[bigmouth]

According to Alonso he developed the Mercedes McLaren cars. So why doesn't he go and develope the Toyota car? Or does Alonso have an ego as big as his head?

Great point.....

[Gibraltar is Spain]

Alonso is quite arrogant but it is a fact that he made Renault twice champs and after he quit you see results in there...let's see next year lewis and maybe another newbie in ML and see if lewis really can be a leader or take advantage of the teammate work