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Alonso released, tests McLaren
Alonso was on track at Jerez today for McLaren. Renault have released him at the last minute.
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McLaren said they would release him, but never received a request.
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me thinks flavio wanted his palm greasing - and ron & merc duly greased it.........money talks........no such thing as a free lunch in F1
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Did Ron take Flav out for a meal then?
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i say a few juicy $$$ went Flavio/Renaults way.
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I say Renault decided that they should focus their attention on getting Kovalainen, and to a lesser extent Fisichella, suited to working with each other and getting them testing together so they can compare driving styles and come up with some strategies. Alonso hanging around was a dead weight IMO.
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-a plain white helmet -a plain white racing overall -removing each and EVERY ad and stickers from the car (appearently Flav didnt allowed even the car to have any of Mclaren's sponsor on it) althogether, not a cheap day of testing for the team, but it worth it i bet |
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Ive heard quite often Ron wasnt going to release Kimi unless he could get Alonso early, so in effect Briattore had some bargaining power over both his major rivals. By releasing Alonso now, it barely gives Ferrari and Kimi to react. |
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Well there is no point in releasing Kimi now. his is the last testing day of the year, the next official testing will take place when he is on his Ferrari contract anyway. Unless they can organise it very quickly and get him on a plane to the track within the next couple of hours.
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Great to see Alonso in the McLaren at last. I really cant wait to see how Alonso transforms the team and who knows maybe he can them to the same heights that the late great Senna took them.
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I'd don't really care how they managed it, even just the still photos of Fernando in the MP421 and it's right back to can't wait, 2007 could be a very good year.
I don't see any results though, what's goin on? |
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Hehehe...yeah.
Briatore has said it is a parting gift to Fernando for all his work for Renault. Generous to a fault. |
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man the mclaren car looks good.
any times for alonso? |
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Autosport reporting third fastest overall, quarter of a second behind Hamilton.
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Best to read the right stuff then
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Cheers.
Well what can you say, the guy's a top notch pro. Less than a full days' running and straight on the pace in a car he might not have enjoyed driving all that much!! |
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A good debut for Alonso then, now to wait until after Christmas when testing REALLY begins.
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White helmet and suit ... maybe it wasn't FA, it was ... the STIG
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