Sorry, but Alonso got lucky and won the last couple of­ races. I'm not denying Alonso has talent ( with a­ deranged personality ), but *normally* he should not­ have had the chance of winning Singapore or Japan.­ Whether you like it or not, luck was involved, and I­ will agree that you sometimes need luck......and also­ that you can "make" your own luck. He was­ lucky that Ferrari still don't have a clue about­ pitstops, and in Japan that a silly move at the first­ corner by LH, followed by a bonehead move by Massa on­ LH allowed Alonso into the winning positions. Before­ the Alonso fans start ranting, Alonso admitted himself­ that he was lucky and that he thought that a win was­ not possible. In the same way, Vettel was also quite­ lucky in Monza.

In the case of Alonso at McLaren in­ 2007: I don't think he had a signed contract­ guaranteeing him Nr.1 status did he? A bit arrogant of­ him to *assume* that he is Nr.1, no? Mc Laren strive to­ give both drivers a fair chance, I'm sure much like­ Ferrari also do today ( not in Shumacher's time I­ might add! ). Surely the normal situation is to treat­ both drivers equally at the start of the season, until­ it later becomes clear which driver you should throw­ your resources behind. That is usually the driver with­ the highest number of WC points at that point. Hamilton­ had the highest number right up until the very last­ race. Alonso couldn't handle that. Go figure.......

I belive LH will be 2008 world champ, nothing will­ change that. Massa is always favour by FIA by letting­ him get away with wrongs.
Fernando will never be a­ world champ when Lewis is a F1 driver.

skisman you have to look at my post before you say that­ I swear. and if your talking about on in which i refer­ to someone here as a Brain Dead Donkey. you should look­ at his post.

Kubica and Alonso the best drivers at F1.

Gavin F and Casper J, you both obviously have strong­ feelings and support for your favourite drivers. But do­ you really need to swear and be so abusive on this­ board ?
If you cant express yourselves in a coherent­ manner with a reasoned and polite argument, then do­ everyone a favour and keep your thoughts to yourselves.

fantastic alonso

To be honest English press made Hamilton so arrogant­ “golden boy” “next Schumacher”. Frankly he is lack of­ skills. He has the best car for last two seasons at F1­ and for sure this car is too fast for him. Some people­ says he is only lack of experience but look at Kubica.­ Hi is only one month older than Hamilton. Compare to­ Lewis Kubica drives like professor. Hamilton never be a­ great driver. He is only brainless boy with very fast­ car – “golden car”.

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CAMERONOEACH888 and he doesn’t need call himself a­ genius

Mclaren are cheats, and should have been banned from­ F1.

MIKe Q @#$% and bla bla bla

Not that I speak Alonso, but I saw Hamilton block­ brakes with lost return to advance dangerously to­ Alonso, does not seem normal, coverall, after blocking­ brakes in the first curve and to restrain to all cars,­ Hamilton is a danger in the F1 and also the press­ supports that it ncondicionalmente. Greetings

Edward in 503:

It is not about aggressive driving or­ not, F1 is about driving skills. It seems Hamilton is­ playing "I dare you" instead on the track. ­ That is why he lost the title last year.

The thing that pushed Alonso was, I believe the fact­ that he was no longer certain of winning the WDC.
He­ went into that team in the belief that the title was­ his for the taking, and couldn't handle it when he­ saw it disappear.

No matter which way I smell it, Alonso is just a sour­ grape! yes, Hamilton is aggressive, but only those who­ are not aggressive and don't have the "I want­ to win" mentality that will ultimately fail. So­ for this, I have to admire Hamilton, just like not­ matter how I hate Schumy, he never gave up and you know­ he would try whatever he could to win race, and I have­ utmost respect for him as a driver. I think Hamilton is­ a bit young and inexperince at the moment, may be a bit­ of hot head as well, but who could blame him when even­ a great F1 Champion like Schumy also made that silly­ and childish "stop in the middle of track"­ incident in Monaco! For one thing, Hamilton will not go­ as far and stupid as that to win race, so why don't­ anyone just let Hamilton race and do whatever a good­ driver will do, be aggressive and fair! So Hamilton,­ you go man! I wish you all the best for this year and­ hope you could win the driver;s championship and shut­ those people who loath you up!

I am a die had Alonso fan. But I am not biased to him.­ He is really a fantastic driver but he should watch­ what he is sayingas a lot of times he comes out sound­ like a real jerk. Having said this though I think as­ fans of F1 we should calm down and not get to wrapped­ up with what the drivers say. They are all human and­ like us they say a lot of silly things which if they­ reflect back on will wish they could take back.­ let's not focus too much on the drivers and what­ they have to say, F1 should be more about the racing on­ the track. All the other aspects are just secondary.

poshboy, Lewis disobeyed teams orders to allow Alonso­ to pass him during qualifying. Alonso added to the­ stupidity by extending his stay in the pits to try and­ destroy Lewis' chance at qualifying. McLaren­ didn't support Alonso as a 2 time world champion­ and Lewis became their Golden Boy. I'd give points­ to all in this game. The team lost control of it's­ drivers and then you start the in fighting. So, who­ are we going to blame. Sir Striling Moss was the­ number 2 to Fangio. He obeyed team orders. He always­ had class. If you disrespect a 2 time world champion­ you are disrespecting the sport. Clark, Fangio,­ Stewart, Surtees, Hill and many others had the respect­ of their peers. Alonso has lost some of his shine and­ Lewis never had it.

what did LH did to to FA? answer: he beat him.­ that's why FA is so insecure to LH. he cannot­ believe that this young star (younger than him) is­ actually better than him. stay in renault you ***hole­ ferrari does not like you because you are a­ liability...^_^

Forza: Alonso has to accept a huge amount of blame for­ the whole Mclaren debacle. There's no doubt that­ Lewis would have ben the prefered champion for them,­ not because he is British, but because he had been with­ the team for over ten years. He was their product as a­ racing driver. Lewis winning the title is reward for a­ decade of hardwork on their part. Alonso however had­ been treated like a king by Renault and moved to­ Mclaren expecting them to treat him as Ferrari had­ treated a certain German World Champion so many years­ ago. Schumi was the undisputed number 1, and despite a­ little favouritism, Mclaren wouldn't do that. They­ wouldn't make one of those two drivers their­ ultimate priority like Ferrari and Renault had done­ before, not when they were so evenly matched. And­ Alonso couldn't handle that because he expected­ them to order this rookie to let him win, that in­ itself is not the actions of the kind of professional a­ rookie should really want to learn from.

Alonso did not go to Ron Dennis out of the blue.­ Something pushed him to do it. Why is that so hard to­ understand?

Raven, get your facts right. Alonso by his actions made­ his place within the team untenable. You can't go­ around threatening your own team to make him number one­ or he goes to the FIA with a 'smoking­ gun'.

Best driver or not, he's a liability as­ a person. Otherwise, why didn't Ferrari snap him up­ instead of renewing Kimi's contract?