- 27 Mar 09, 11:33#97691SOURCE:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk
Rumours about Fernando Alonso joining Ferrari kept surfacing last year but seemed to have been killed off when the Scuderia revealed it had extended Kimi Raikkonen’s contract.
So what do we make of the fresh rumours of Alonso joining the team in 2011? Here’s why I think they make a lot of sense.
The best team and the best driver
The best drivers in F1 always gravitate towards the best team: think of Ayrton Senna at Alain Prost at McLaren in the 1980s, then squabbling over the seats at Williams a few years later.
Ferrari have consistently built the best or among the best F1 cars in every season this decade. And Alonso is the best driver in F1 at the moment. He’s the man you hire if you’ve built a championship-winning car and want to make sure you get both the titles. Yes, there are plenty of other drivers who can get the job done, but if you had to pick the driver you could most rely on to take care of it, you’d have to pick Alonso.
That’s why Ferrari plus Alonso makes sense: they are two parties made for each other.
A reliable source
When Autosport ran the new Alonso-to-Ferrari rumour they credited it to “respected journalist Pino Allievi”. James Allen on his blog added:
I have known Pino for almost 20 years and in that time I’m struggling to think of a single occasion on which he has wrongly called a move by Ferrari. He has excellent connections there, going back to Enzo Ferrari’s time. So you can take it as read that this story is true. And it will really shake things up in F1.
Timing
There’s a symmetry with this and the timing of the announcement in 2005 of Alonso’s move to McLaren. That deal was done shortly after the Brazilian Grand Prix and made public over the winter of 2005/06.
The timing of the deal also makes sense from the point of view of what we know about existing contracts: Both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa have deals in place until the end of 2010.
The future of Renault
When Alonso decided to leave Renault in 2005 his decision was partly motivated by uncertainty over the team’s future. Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn later confirmed Renault’s participation in F1 and has said they will remain in the sport until at least 2012.
But in these uncertain financial times is Alonso wagering the French manufacturer will leave F1 sooner rather than later? Is he unimpressed with how the team lagged behind on engine development in 2008?
Do you believe the Alonso-to-Ferrari-in-2011 rumour?
* Yes (82.0%, 465 Votes)
* No (18.0%, 104 Votes)
Total Voters: 569
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My own personal Views -
Alonso will have to grow as a person, much like Schumacher with benetton, Flavio seems to be able to build the best champions, Alonso is one of them. He can get a job done and has the talent of the Schumcher. So with the Power of the Ferrari what coul happen?
* Records will be broke -
Michael Current Records
ormula One records
As of the end of the 2008 Formula One season, Michael Schumacher holds the following F1 records:
Record Number
1 Championship titles 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
2 Consecutive titles 5 (2000–2004)
3 Race victories 91
4 Consecutive wins[3] 7 (2004, Europe–Hungary)
5 Wins with one team 72 (Ferrari)
6 Wins at same GP 8 (France)
7 Wins at different GPs 22
8 Longest Time between first and last wins 14 years, 1 month and 2 days
9 Second places 43
10 Podiums (Top 3) 154
11 Consecutive podium finishes 19 (US 2001–Japan 2002)
12 Points finishes 190
13 Consecutive points finishes 24 (Hungary 2001–Malaysia 2003)
14 Laps leading 4741 (22,155 km)[134]
15 Pole positions 68
16 Front row starts 115
17 Fastest laps 76
18 Doubles (Pole and win) 40
19 Perfect Score (Pole, fastest lap and win) 22
20 Championship points 1,369
21 Most points in a season for a runner-up 121 (2006)
22 Most wins in a season for a runner-up[4] 7 (2006)
23 Wins at Indianapolis (any racing class) 5
24 Wins at Monza (Formula One) 5
25 Wins in a season 13 (2004)
26 Fastest laps in a season[5] 10 (2004)
27 Points scored in a season 148 (2004)
28 Podium finishes in a season 17 (100%) (2002)
29 Championship won with most races left 6 (2002)
30 Consecutive years with a win 15 (1992–2006)
31 Consecutive days as champion 1813 (from 8 October 2000 until 25 September 2005)
^ Record shared with Alberto Ascari (1952 Belgian GP–1953 Argentine GP). Some sources credit Ascari with nine consecutive wins, disregarding the 1953 Indianapolis 500 race, in which Ascari did not compete. The American race formed part of the world championship, but was not run to the same regulations as the other races and was very rarely attended by world championship drivers.
^ Record shared with Kimi Räikkönen (2005) and Alain Prost (1984 and 1988)
^ Record shared with Kimi Räikkönen (2005 and 2008). [135]
So i believe tht Alonso is the man to mov to Ferrari in 2011 if he cn make a vast improvment in the next 2 years. Then i believe the deal will be done by next last round.
ライブ、平和のうちに生存する。
.
.
.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- By darwin dali