This thread reached Himalayas of delusion. Alonso going back to Lotus/Renault, together with Flavio probably
? Which glorified blog F1 site came up with it, F1_plus_zone_gp_12313_net?
OK, name 5 races from the last two seasons that prove Raikkonen is top level and I'll name 10, to make it a fair fight, by Alonso, while laughing at these five examples. Pattern is so repeatable it's not even funny: messed up qualifying, lost position at the start and/or lost position in the first stint, inability to overtake, passive (I'm sorry "patient") driving preferably on one stop less, sometimes team orders and complete inability to profit from those, no killer instinct, no speed when it matters. Races he should have been fighting for wins that ended after first laps or stint at best: China, Bahrain, Germany, Hungary, perhaps Spain for a while or Malaysia. Much higher positions easily possible in Monaco and Monza - driver mistakes. 1 DNF - fifth place lost?, 1 odd win in a v. special circumstances, 2 transitional races (Can/Silv). Overall safety first, points collecting driving and mistakes when trying sth more, story of the season. What's your basis for this senseless optimism against Alonso in 2014 Ferrari?
Especially ironic are claims like: "Raikkonen won't take the "Fernando is faster than you" crap"" One: this is a basis of his driving existence in the last two season, secondly to get team orders you need to be in front. Is this "he won't put himself in that situation" part? And if it happens what will he do? Enlighten me please. Although It would be nice to see all the major updates go to Alonso firstly and Raikkonen race later no team can be as unprofessional as Lotus 2012-2013 in that regard.
Speaking of Lotus this looks just great, wasting their best F1 season BMW-style on one driver policy, overpaying without results while losing technical personnel and it ends like this. Not that their choice for 2014 would matter, it's going to be constructor's championship anyway. Safe bet is to expect their driver management to remain clueless. Can't wait for
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Boullier talking in 2010 about Alsono at Renault in 2009 wrote:"I think there was a lack of management, a lack of guidance from the top management, a lack of clear objective. [...] a driver is a key asset for the team and if the driver is not motivated, not pushing the team enough... because he knew he was moving on.” “The lack of results was bringing the team down, because they are very devoted - so no results was clearly very demotivating for them. No management to guide the team, and drivers which were not easy to work with, very arrogant and not pushing the team in the right way. That was clearly the main two components of what was wrong,”
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/boull ... 23151.html
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85844
Of course the biggest joke would be if nothing happens. I don't know which option is better purely from entertainment point of view.
