Alonso to join Ferrari in 2011 - report

Eurosport - Mon, 29 Dec 16:46:00 2008

Fernando Alonso has a secret agreement to join Ferrari for four years from 2011, according to Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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The twice Formula One world champion has never hidden his desire to go to the Italian team and Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo recently fuelled the ongoing speculation by refusing to rule out the Spaniard's future arrival.

The newspaper said the deal had several get-out clauses for both sides but added that Alonso could join Ferrari even earlier, in 2010, if 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen follows this year's disappointing season with another bad campaign.

By contrast, Alonso was in impressive form after returning to Renault following a difficult season at McLaren, despite not having a car competitive enough to challenge for the title.

The 27-year-old won two races, in Singapore and Japan, and finished fifth in the standings for Renault, with whom he won the 2005 and 2006 world championships.

Ferrari have Raikkonen and this year's title runner-up Felipe Massa under contract until the end of 2010, while Alonso's current deal with Renault also runs for two more seasons.

A Ferrari spokesman would not comment on the reports, apart from saying: "We can only repeat that we have two drivers signed to the end of 2010".

Reuters

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  1. Well when the Santander sponsorship deal was moved from­ McLaren to Ferrari it was pretty obvious that Alonso­ would be on the move soon to the red cars.
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    I wonder­ if Kimi has made some decision about his future? He­ didn't really seem 100% on the boil this­ year.
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    But would Massa play No.2 to Alonso? Would­ Alonso play No.2 to Massa? This could be interesting.

    From BigBill, on Tue 30 Dec 11:33AM
  2. Mikeq, your comment about marnio,­ marion,bernard,nevery, touronroot is spot on but have­ to tell your their all from the same user copying and­ pasting the same @#$% over and over again. Whoever it­ is, is a real sad git that needs to get a life.

    From GEORGE, on Tue 30 Dec 10:02AM
  3. So here we go again, another season, spoilt brat alonso­ going to the cheats of F1, well who would have thought­ that. They will have to find another driver willing to­ be no2 for the spoilt brat of F1. Massa or Kimi won;t­ want that.

    From patricia, on Tue 30 Dec 9:27AM
  4. Catalin, thats exactly what I meant, Alonso will­ replace Kimi and Massa will be relegated to number two­ driver like he was with Schumi.

    From Mike, on Tue 30 Dec 7:39AM
  5. MikeQ, I have to disagree vith you mate.
    If Alonso will­ sign for Ferrari, and he`ll have the lead role in the­ team, my guess us that not Massa will be sacked, but­ Kimi will.
    Kimi won`t stay at Ferrari in as the second­ driver of the team, so what you said doesen`t make­ sense.

    From CataLiN, on Tue 30 Dec 7:18AM
  6. golf in the kingdom hijo puta

    From f1junky1000, on Tue 30 Dec 7:18AM
  7. I kind of agree with you Darien, it would make for­ great races, but I think poor old FM would end up­ getting @#$% on.by the team, as I think they'd­ revert to M.S. mode and just support the lead driver­ which F.A. would insist on being.

    From Mike, on Tue 30 Dec 5:25AM
  8. i hope ferrari will drop kimi..& mclaren take him­ back to beat alonslow and 'mass'a

    From darien h, on Tue 30 Dec 3:21AM
  9. they`ll be silly to have this egotistic little knobb­ let him stay where he is

    From alan, on Tue 30 Dec 1:53AM
  10. MikeQ... you sums up the feeling of tifosi... we are­ embarassed by the stupid comments that the fools are­ making. You are right. Get over it and start thinking­ about 2009.

    From ferraribeng, on Tue 30 Dec 1:37AM
  11. Just to add EVEN more clarity to stecalswain's­ comment Melted Rubber, Santander are spanish, Alonso­ (douche as you call him) is spanish.......water is­ wet.

    sorry for the humour but hope it is starting to­ make sense.

    FFS Marion, give up with that xmas glock­ @#$%, you've plastered the same nonsense on several­ boards - still smarting heavily over last season's­ results. Get a life, get over it, get some english­ lessons.

    From irwin.ford, on Tue 30 Dec 1:04AM
  12. Marnio, Marion, Why do you do this ? Do think people­ laugh with you finding you funny? Do you think the­ constant copying and pasting of almost incoherent­ nonsense makes people think "He's clever,­ really knows about F1" Because they don't,­ almost without exception other contributors think you­ are not quite right in the head.
    90% of the people who­ contribute here may have different points of view on­ many of the subjects and that's good but they­ don't repeat them over & over again, in threads­ that they have no relevance to, that's not normal.­ You along with Bernard/NeverY/Mourontoot should sit­ back and have a think about why you do it. Sadly you­ all appear to be Ferrari supporters a fact which the­ other Tifosi find embarrassing. Join in the discussion,­ disagree with people by all means, that's the whole­ idea. But make your point sensibly, coherently and­ once, you might then find that other contributors begin­ to respect your opinions instead of treating you with­ contempt.

    From Mike, on Tue 30 Dec 12:45AM
  13. Sick of hearing this "spy" @#$% that Maclaren­ received penalties for, after all Ferrari are to blame­ for leaking the documents in the first place "a­ plant/ploy" Lets all remember which team got £68M­ more than Maclaren for blackmailing the FIA to stop in­ F1 and not forming a splinter race group. Ferrari seem­ to get all the dosh, all the complaints of other teams­ penalized and still end up loosing the drivers­ championship. Cast your mind back Ferrari fans.......­ Brazil......Massa, crossing the line, the camera view­ going out live from the Ferrari garage, seeing the­ celebrations as them "thinking" Hamilton was­ in 6th postion, then seeing the penny drop when­ realising he wasnt.....alas.....he 5th. LMFAO

    From stecalswain, on Mon 29 Dec 10:27PM
  14. If it's a secret deal, how come the world and his­ wife know about F. Alonso going to Ferrari? The Italian­ Press are having a field day with this sort of­ 'exclusive'. Another was 'Carlos Slim has­ bought Honda'. Make of it what you will, what will­ be will be.

    From , on Mon 29 Dec 10:14PM
  15. MARION.......I'll have wat ever your on lmao, u­ think Timo Glock ( German ) would let Hamiltons son (­ British ) past for a World title........1 (one)­ word.......CUCKOO

    From stecalswain, on Mon 29 Dec 10:07PM
  16. Melted Rubber...... they want the douche on thier team­ cos of the coffers comming from new sponsors­ Santander.....keep up ffs

    From stecalswain, on Mon 29 Dec 10:01PM
  17. He'll be a cryin again when team m8(who ever)starts­ finnishing races b4 him lol....PMSL.......LMFAO

    From stecalswain, on Mon 29 Dec 9:57PM
  18. Why would Ferrari want a d0uche on their team?

    From Melted Rubber, on Mon 29 Dec 9:23PM
  19. Come 2011, he'll be long gone....

    From Donald D, on Mon 29 Dec 8:39PM
  20. Rich L,
    You are quite correct. No team principle in his­ right mind would cut a deal with a driver 2 seasons in­ advance. Too many questions about money,­ competitiveness, sponsorship, and even if a driver will­ be healthy in two years. This is just silly speculation­ and quesswork.

    From sdcharger717, on Mon 29 Dec 7:22PM
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