Alonso warned he must be a team player

Alonso warned he must be a team player#175161

By racechick - 21 Dec 09, 01:57

- 21 Dec 09, 01:57#175161

Montezemelo and Domenicalli have spoken to Alonso prior to next season to make clear to him that he will be racing for ferrari and not for himself. This come on the back of his time at renault when he expected the team to work exclusively for him to the detriment of his team mates and following an acrimonious year at mclaren when he asked the team to slow down hamilton.
This comes from an article in the Times on saturday.

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Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175209

By BritishBear - 21 Dec 09, 10:01

- 21 Dec 09, 10:01#175209

Montezemelo and Domenicalli have spoken to Alonso prior to next season to make clear to him that he will be racing for ferrari and not for himself. This come on the back of his time at renault when he expected the team to work exclusively for him to the detriment of his team mates and following an acrimonious year at mclaren when he asked the team to slow down hamilton.
This comes from an article in the Times on saturday.

If thats true, its sad really that he's had to have this spelt out to him. He's a world champion, yes, but he didn't do that on his own. There's a reason that F1 is a TEAM sport, not a platform for your own personal success.

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175214

By headless - 21 Dec 09, 10:08

- 21 Dec 09, 10:08#175214

The Times is always right

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did
:starwars:

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175218

By The Oz - 21 Dec 09, 11:07

- 21 Dec 09, 11:07#175218

odds are Alonso will still race for himself

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175220

By Anj x - 21 Dec 09, 11:31

- 21 Dec 09, 11:31#175220

odds are Alonso will still race for himself

I do hope so..They eeked the life out of Kimi...I hope they don't do the same to IMO the most complete driver on the grid...Ferrari fan I may be, but really? who do they think they are ? At the moment it is like the passion as been replaced with menaces

I also like to think Alonso has learnt from his brief outing at McLaren, even though I would have been as Pi**ed off myself in the same situation at that time.

Any driver worth his salt will do what he likes/behave how he likes and drive his socks off...like Senna did (popular or not) Problem is...Ferrari dictate now, not the other way round as in days of yore :wink:

and that.....

.....will be the start of a descent towards the good old days of being the fanciest looking back markers :rolleyes:

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175221

By MAD MAX - 21 Dec 09, 11:34

- 21 Dec 09, 11:34#175221

Can't stand his attitude, me,me,me

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175223

By Anj x - 21 Dec 09, 11:36

- 21 Dec 09, 11:36#175223

Find me an F1 driver who doesn't posess that attitude?

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175226

By BritishBear - 21 Dec 09, 12:29

- 21 Dec 09, 12:29#175226

Find me an F1 driver who doesn't posess that attitude?

Vettel?
Webber?
Sutil?

Any driver that has stuck with a team through thick & thin for the good of the team, rather then pushing their own agenda?

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175236

By Gaz - 21 Dec 09, 13:10

- 21 Dec 09, 13:10#175236

IN other news Alonso was all told not to wear "that" jumper again.

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175256

By vaptin - 21 Dec 09, 15:09

- 21 Dec 09, 15:09#175256

It sounds sensible from ferrari, making sure they set the rules between the two drivers so things don't get out of hand.

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175257

By Anj x - 21 Dec 09, 15:13

- 21 Dec 09, 15:13#175257

Find me an F1 driver who doesn't posess that attitude?

Vettel?
Webber?
Sutil?

Any driver that has stuck with a team through thick & thin for the good of the team, rather then pushing their own agenda?

and which one of those has a world championship? :wink:

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175260

By Anj x - 21 Dec 09, 15:18

- 21 Dec 09, 15:18#175260

To be fair....vettel hasn't been in the game that long...and if he doesn't win a DWC I will eat my shoes x

Saying that...is he at RBR for the team spirit or personal gain? I will put my money on the latter....he is surely as selfish as Alonso...but has the decoram (sp?) to know how to behave and get a team behind him to reach the goals he has in mind.

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175261

By vaptin - 21 Dec 09, 15:20

- 21 Dec 09, 15:20#175261

hasn't alnso been famed for team spirt at renault?

Drivers need a good team relationship, but that extra step of ruthlessness to succeed

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175266

By BritishBear - 21 Dec 09, 15:25

- 21 Dec 09, 15:25#175266

To be fair....vettel hasn't been in the game that long...and if he doesn't win a DWC I will eat my shoes x

Saying that...is he at RBR for the team spirit or personal gain? I will put my money on the latter....he is surely as selfish as Alonso...but has the decoram (sp?) to know how to behave and get a team behind him to reach the goals he has in mind.

Decoram, correct

I totally disagree that Vettel is as selfish as Alonso. True, he hasn't been champion, but he's been bloody close and has the ability to be one.

Re: Alonso warned he must be a team player#175277

By texasmr2 - 21 Dec 09, 15:35

- 21 Dec 09, 15:35#175277

Find me an F1 driver who doesn't posess that attitude?

Vettel?
Webber?
Sutil?

Any driver that has stuck with a team through thick & thin for the good of the team, rather then pushing their own agenda?

In all fairness Button should be added to the list

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