Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has insisted that that Alonso will not have any difficulty getting along with his team-mate Nelsinho Piquet.
The double world champion left Mclaren last year to join Renault after he accused the team of favouring team-mate Lewis Hamitlon.
But Briatore believes that Nelsinho will pose less of a threat to Alonso and is confident that the two drivers will be better managed under his leadership.
“I think Nelsinho doesn t want to commit suicide in his rookie year,” Briatore told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“When McLaren hire a world champion in Fernando and have a rookie in Hamilton, they must know how to manage them.
“Piquet and Alonso, they both work for Renault. It s up to me to manage them for the good of the team. I must consider that, besides the two drivers, I have one thousand other people working for me.”
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