I am pleased Fernando is staying at Renault. After last­ years performance at Maclaren. It's a shame he­ didnt stick it out with the Renault team then. Maybe­ just maybe the car would by now be first class winning­ formula. Now however the team has to start from scratch­ to work on the title once again.. Fernando is still a­ top driver and with a csr to match can resume world­ champion.

I hope Alonso does well next year, he's a great­ driver. But he's going to have to work hard to shed­ his current image if he's going to get a top drive,­ unless of course Renault come good again next year.

ginger,
Quite right! This season has been a good one­ and I expect another suprise or two before the last­ race, but next year should be a great one. All the­ drivers you mentioned should be in the hunt, and with­ the aero/tech changes, it should be a great season for­ the fans. On your comment #101, unfortunatly, you are­ right again! Last year, Alonso had the championship in­ his pocket and even had a young teammate enthuiasticly­ willing to help him get it. It turned out to be one of­ the most depressing stories in sports and the aftermath­ is no better. If Alonso, who is a truly gifted driver,­ blows it at Renault, I'm afraid he may end up­ sitting in a Force India and not understanding what­ went wrong.

Racehound and Jessy M: It would be appreciated if you­ could form a coherent and intelligent argument as to­ why you disagree rather than mindlessly spouting­ off.

Tiffosi: LH v KR v FM v FA v RK would be great.­ But, next year Heikki should fair better, and if Kubica­ has a car to compete with you can't rule out­ Heidfeld. Williams are proven winners so there's no­ reason why Rosberg could be up there too. And we all­ know that Vettel is good enough, so its up to Red Bull­ to give him the car, and if he's got the car then­ so has Webber, who isn't exactly a slow driver­ either. That's potentially 10 drivers who could be­ up there and F1 hasn't seen that since 1982 when­ Keke Rosberg won the title. Time will tell if it will­ be that good, but if the new regulations do what they­ are supposed to then we could be in for a real treat as­ F1 fans.

I think this is a good move for Fernando. I'll b­ willing to bet that they're on the podium a lot­ more next year with a couple of wins as well.

Post 101, stay where u r in Mars. Ur mouth is full of­ thrash.

@posts 108 and 109
I think Robert Kubica doesn't­ sound too bad with 'F1 2008 champion'

igbinaduwac....post 103.........wtf areyou on about you­ plank???? total tripe!!!!!!!!

What is an invalid comment?

ginger gitt ...post 101.......what a load of rubbish!!!­ ha ha ha ha ha

acedrumsnyc, change Lewis Hamilton to Felipe Massa and­ you will be correct!

Lewis Hamilton. Formula 1 2008 champion

Is anyone actually talking about Alonso at Renault or­ is it just Ferrari vs Mclaren? Next year Alonso could­ well be fighting for the championship in a Renault­ (again), which would be fantastic to see, it could even­ turn into a four way fight if BMW are up to scratch.­ Imagine, Hamilton vs Massa vs Kimi vs Alonso vs Kubica!­ Epic!

wac ``` 103 `` your generosity is quite overwhelming­ == you explained the solution yourself

This will be a crucial race for the championship and­ rightly so! New course, night race, possible rain set­ ups or dry? This sounds like what a championship race­ should be! Can't get much better than this!!! I­ would love for F-1 to go to a "new" street­ circuit every year just to make it fresh for the fans,­ drivers and teams. No previous data to go on, no tire­ company data, just a new course and lets go racing­ boys! I have been looking forward to this one. GO­ Massa! I think Kimi might be ready for a little­ resurgance this weekend as well...The best of the rest­ racing should be great! Hope that the TV coverage lets­ us see it!

Asdfaf A, I didn't get the last line....

men, I have just got a bit of something that has­ interest me over the whole episode of alonso?Hamilton.­ I'm a black man and a french citizen. So in any­ thing I lean on where has my interest a bit. Not to my­ crazy maniasm. but the fact that an impact has to make­ by rivalry, competitiosm and above all to avoid­ boringness of an issue. when Alonso was in Renault, I­ supported him and was his fan. not only because I'm­ french, but because he was set to dethrone M. schumi.I­ was pround Renault was making impact and love formula­ one to watch every w/end. until he just turn up and­ said he was going to Mclaren. I was so dissappointed­ with him and called him an ungrateful being. Not long­ he was in mclaren, I was supporting and hoping fisi­ will do renault proud. though it didn't come to be,­ but I got interest that he was getting a fight from a­ mate in mclaren which I was happy about. It is so. we­ should not be too enderve into fanatism. but reality is­ right. This guy should not be sounding racist.let him­ stop mobilising all the white people in the world­ against Hamilton. Infact I wonder while some people are­ racist even. Because it has no meaning. I tried to­ figure out the reason if even I'm a black person. I­ couldn't find the reason. I tried not to be bias to­ understand why some white people are so against black.I­ want to know please if anyone has a reason. Because I­ don't understand the propagada of Alonso and­ spanish press and people. The way they all support­ Alonso and not even borrowing a leaf from the brits­ & the French. They should grow fast because they­ are in europe and close enough to the well civilise­ people(French, Brits)

Thank you Vinndawg, at no point Tony do I claim Mclaren­ were not guilty. Your automatic assumption that I am a­ Mclaren fan crying their innocence helps to prove my­ point that some people can only see what they want to­ and have a very selective memory. This is especially­ true of Anti-Hamilton and Anti-Mclaren brigades.­ Ferrari fans and Alonso fans alike seem to forget that­ last year Fernando was supposed to be the double world­ champion professional racing driver that Lewis was­ supposed to learn from. If Fernando had behaved­ himself, he could have taken a third crown, taught­ Hamilton how to be the unflappable professional on and­ off the track and gone some way to cementing himself as­ a true great of the sport. Unfortunately, he­ didn't. Instead he threw hissy hits, moaned alot­ and now finds himself struggling to find teams that­ actually want him. I believe there was more demand for­ non-championship winning drivers like Coulthard,­ Webber, Rosberg and Heidfeld in recent years than there­ is for Fernando's services next season.