Alonso set to stay at Renault

Eurosport - Sat, 20 Sep 19:13:00 2008

Fernando Alonso is set to stay at Renault for the 2009 season after reports that the Spaniard has rejected an offer from BMW Sauber.

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Speculation at Monza last weekend where Alonso finished fourth suggested the BMW team were in the driving seat to sign the Spaniard.

But Spanish sports daily As reported Alonso would be staying put with Renault as the BMW offer shut out any hopes he might entertain of a possible move to Ferrari in 2010 or 2011.

Alonso has struggled to make an impact this campaign, the 27-year-old trailing in seventh in the championship race dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.

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  1. Here's another beautiful car ... only this one if flying!!!

    From Iain, on Sat 20 Sep 12:01PM
  2. hamilton is the best .... he will be the world champion

    From AR, on Sat 20 Sep 11:10AM
  3. Always interesting how an article on Alonso turns into an excuse for an anti-Hamilton diatribe!

    Back to the story everyone - this is good news for Renault - let's hope for the sake of a competitive championship that the new 2009 rules mean that more teams have the chance to produce good cars - at least this might stop the constant (and occasionally unpleasant) 'my teams better than your team' Ferrari/McLaren bickering that clouds every story.
    Massa, Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Kubica - all good drivers. End of!

    From markrose260@..., on Sat 20 Sep 10:10AM
  4. Tony S
    Read what Ron admitted to and apologized for. Then, if you need to, read Ginger's comments again. I think you'll find you misunderstood the point.

    From vinnydawg67, on Sat 20 Sep 8:31AM
  5. @ginger..logic question: if you feel that u are not guilty, will you pay the big amount fine and apologize?
    For me, if I am not guilty I will not pay anyhting and I will not apologize for the thing that I've never done.
    I will go to the next court to find the justice.

    How did u said McLaren not guilty?

    From tony, on Sat 20 Sep 8:05AM
  6. ALONSO IS A ---DOUBLE----- WORLD CHAMP

    ANY MORE AROUND LIKE THAT RACING TODAY ??? ??????

    From Ted london, on Sat 20 Sep 7:20AM
  7. The Maclaren team is not a driver friendly outfit. remember Pablo Montoya, (a very impressive and exciting driver), Kimi (why did he leave maclaren and opt for ferrari, both a great cars you would imagine) Alonso was hounded by the Brits because he was not nice to their lad, and when maclaren cheated, the Maclaren fans, mostly the Brits felt offended because the got busted and instead attempted to blame Alonzo. This year alone Ham caused Kimi a lot of grief; remember Canada when in his attempt to challenge the lead did it the best way he can by taking out the competition......the next stop for Ham is spa!!!!! Alonzo is no loner with Maclaren but it seems still Ham is being Ham. Maclaren fans this is my advice Alonzo's association with the team is history, he is one of the best drivers I have ever seen and Renaults performance under Alonzo this year is proof (despite the fact that he is driving a seconf tier or even third tier vehicle he continues to get points (compare this with his teammate and Renaults performance last year) Heiki better watch out or the Brits will start looking for scape goats for their lads failure to win the F1 title

    From G, on Sat 20 Sep 6:36AM
  8. I thought McLaren served Alonso well. They gave him a great car, like Lewis, Alonso said as a child he used to watch Ron Dennis and Senna and that McLaren was the team he always hoped to drive for. Even before he joined McLaren he was causing problems at Renault accusing them of not supporting him. I actually think the only reason he is at Renault now is because Flavio is his manager. He is a great driver and you don't become a bad driver over night, but he should definitely go to BMW or even Honda and start swashbuckling against decent opposition and he will win the hearts and minds of the fans again. Simple.

    From mark, on Sat 20 Sep 2:50AM
  9. Raven: While it is fair to say that some Mclaren fans have forgotten the fine last year, it is also fair to say that alot of Ferrari fans seem to have forgotten the FIA found no evidence of Ferrari intellectual property in Mclaren's cars yet still claim Lewis is driving a psuedo Ferrari. And incidently, "Thou Shalt Not Get Caught" would be the 12th commandment. There was an 11th Commandment in Switzerland in the 19th Century that said "Thou Shalt Not Smoke". Pointless trivia, but true none-the-less.

    And as for Alonso, regardless of what data was or wasn't used or who his teammate was, as double world champion he should have claimed a third last year. If he'd behaved like an adult in Hungary he would have beaten Hamilton and taken the crown he gifted to Kimi. It ultimately all boiled down to what he did that one weekend and why he isn't a triple world champion. He may now never win one again.

    From ginger_gitt, on Sat 20 Sep 1:11AM
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    From Asdfaf A, on Sat 20 Sep 12:47AM
  11. Really looking forward to next year, though it's always such a long wait. Slicks are back baby and hopefully the new simpler aero packages will bring driver skill and daring back into the picture. I think the loss of traction control has played a somewhat significant roll in this years excitement, albeit particularly in the wet.

    From vinnydawg67, on Sat 20 Sep 12:14AM
  12. Kimi is a real class act. Who knows? Maybe Lewis and Massa will get a DNF, and Kimi may be right back in it. That would be great. I just hope that the title is not decided until the last race of the season. Makes it much more interesting for all of us!

    From Forza Ferrari, on Sat 20 Sep 12:11AM
  13. I just saw it, that's super-cool and typically funny.

    Forza regarding the championship, I'm still not sure about Lewis, I feel bad for Kimi though, he has handled himself impeccably all season, respect to Ferrari for sticking with these two guys and not going for the knee jerk reaction of signing Alonso or Kubica just yet. For Lewis he is 'racing' there is no doubt, but right now I'm just considering Felipe and Lewis as practically even with four to go.

    From mark, on Sat 20 Sep 12:03AM
  14. Forza
    You could be right, but as crazy as this season has been, I'm not writing anyone off just yet, to include Kimi. It's way to close to say it's anyones but Kimi's to lose especially since technically it's still his.

    From vinnydawg67, on Sat 20 Sep 12:02AM
  15. mjhzxc... if you take a look in my documents and my room you'll see mclaren pictures alot lot more than those of the Ferraries in fact I get to loooove the Mika/Shumi age and I get to love the mclarens even though I am a big Ferrari fan but now after the spy scandal I can't forget it no matter how much I try I get to hate them as much as I use to love them.

    From Brayan, on Fri 19 Sep 11:57PM
  16. bilal m

    Your comments and rants in item 63 lead me to believe otherwise. I'm done with it today. Put another dime in the jukebox and have a good night.

    From vinnydawg67, on Fri 19 Sep 11:56PM
  17. I saw it, it's really funny!

    mjhzxc, in response to your post, I think that the championship is Lewis' to lose. If he does not make any mistakes, he will win. Massa has a shot, but I've been disappointed before. If Kimi was in Massa's situation, I would lean towards Kimi, but it's over for him.

    I think that Ferrari will probably win the Constructors' title, but it may be close. As far as developments for next year, it's really hard to tell. Ferrari is not saying much. I think that it will be a very interesting winter.

    From Forza Ferrari, on Fri 19 Sep 11:48PM
  18. vinnydawg67...I don't say that Alonso did not cheat but what makes me go crazy is that you blame FA and only him for the stolen data and that most of you mclaren fans mix things up like staeling the work of others and engineers bringing their experience with them to verify stealing others data BTW you don't need to copy others car if you had their data to make use of it you can use them and build upon them and without letting anyone notice even some people do it in their studies and researches in universities and I'm not FA fan I get to like LH last year but now NOT.did you get my point my friend...

    From Brayan, on Fri 19 Sep 11:43PM
  19. or try Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2008 Singapore GP. It's hilarious.

    From vinnydawg67, on Fri 19 Sep 11:36PM
  20. If you haven't seen it yet mjhzxc, check out you tube and search Vodophone McLaren Singapore 2008. You'll get a kick I think.

    From vinnydawg67, on Fri 19 Sep 11:34PM
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