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[Jabberwocky]

As it is Horner saying that Alonso is also in the mix, I can only imagine that Kimi is playing hard ball with signing for the team saying he is the best available, only for Horner to say "Alonso is available"

Lets face it if they where looking to sign RIC or JEV they would of pissed themselves and fallen over the desk trying to get to the pen

[sagi58]

... I can only imagine that Kimi is playing hard ball with signing for the team saying he is the best available, only for Horner to say "Alonso is available"...

Good point!! Are you secretly negotiating with them??

[Jabberwocky]

I have recently found out how good my negotiation skills are. WB helped me with that though

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[What's Burning?]

I have recently found out how good my negotiation skills are. WB helped me with that though

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I should be collecting a fee for my "advice"

[sagi58]

I should be collecting a fee for my "advice"

Do I get a fee for giving you the opportunity to get some "free" advertising??

[Jabberwocky]

I have recently found out how good my negotiation skills are. WB helped me with that though

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I should be collecting a fee for my "advice"

remember that advice for salary negotiation. Someone doing the same job as me let slip how much he gets paid... I am on about 50% more than

[What's Burning?]

I have recently found out how good my negotiation skills are. WB helped me with that though

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I should be collecting a fee for my "advice"

remember that advice for salary negotiation. Someone doing the same job as me let slip how much he gets paid... I am on about 50% more than

And who said forums are a waste of time! Just you don't ever let slip out how much you make.

[Jabberwocky]

I just said "yeah about the same"

[Nin-Chin]

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has issued a public scolding of Fernando Alonso following comments made by the Spaniard at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Although Ferrari did not make reference to the exact comment that angered the its boss, Alonso was quoted in the Italian press saying he would like a faster car for his birthday on July 29 while he told English journalists that Ferrari had produced new parts at recent races that were not working.

In an article on its website, Ferrari said Montezemolo felt that "there is a need to close ranks, without giving in to rash outbursts that, while understandable in the immediate aftermath of a bad result, are no use to anyone."

It added: "That was a reference to the latest comments from Fernando Alonso, which did not go down well with Montezemolo, nor with anyone in the team. So, when Montezemolo called the Spaniard this morning to wish him a happy birthday, he also tweaked his ear."

The article went on to directly quote part of what Montezemolo said to Alonso.

"All the great champions who have driven for Ferrari have always been asked to put the interests of the team above their own," the Ferrari president told his driver. "This is the moment to stay calm, avoid polemics and show humility and determination in making one's own contribution, standing alongside the team and its people both at the track and outside it."

The rebuke is the first public schism between team and driver since Alonso joined in 2010, and comes after stories emerged over the weekend that his manager may have approached Red Bull about its vacant race seat in 2014. Alonso now lies 39 points adrift of Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' championship and said on Sunday said that his team needed to get on top of its issues at the next few races after recent upgrades failed to improve the car.

"At Silverstone we did a step backwards with the performance of the car," he said. "For the Nurburging we came back to some old parts on the car and the behaviour was much more normal, and then at the Young Driver Test we had the confirmation that we needed to go back to some parts we used previously.

"Now we understand the car, we understand the problems.We know that we produced a car that was not working and in a way it is normal to have this deficit now because the car we are driving is with the very old parts.

"Over the summer we need to make the step forward that we thought we should make at Silverstone. We need these couple of tenths that did not appear to come immediately for Spa and Monza to have the same performance with the cars we are fighting for the world championship."

[stonemonkey]

I have recently found out how good my negotiation skills are. WB helped me with that though

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I should be collecting a fee for my "advice"

remember that advice for salary negotiation. Someone doing the same job as me let slip how much he gets paid... I am on about 50% more than

And who said forums are a waste of time! Just you don't ever let slip out how much you make.

A few years ago a friend of my boss was advertising some jobs, I called up about it, strangely the next day my boss came down and offered me an increase.

[Nin-Chin]

Apparently Alonso was asked what birthday present he would like after the Hungarian Grand Prix, and he replied: "Someone else's car."

Happy Birthday Alonso

[What's Burning?]

They weren't too happy about it in Marenello.

[sagi58]

[Hammer278]

Apparently Alonso was asked what birthday present he would like after the Hungarian Grand Prix, and he replied: "Someone else's car."

Happy Birthday Alonso

LOL! Now that is a BURN!!

[sagi58]

When I first read the headlines, on a number of different sites, I thought "Are you kidding me??"!!
But, if you read di Montezemolo's comments, they are more cautionary/reminders that saying too
much in the media, in times of trouble, is not "acceptable"!

All I can find out about Alonso's comments is a flippant remark when he was asked what he'd like
for his birthday!! His answer, apparently, was "A fast car!" Personally, I don't see anything wrong
with that!! It's not like he said anything derogatory, he expressed what was nearest and dearest to
his heart! He wants to win races, he wants to win his 3rd WDC and he wants to win with Ferrari!!

If Ferrari / di Montezemolo / Domenicalli are offended by that, then they need to rethink what their
priorities are! How things look... Or the truth!!