It take it you are not a Renault fan? As a Renault fan^, I think Alonso is a good signing and the best driver available to Renault.
Same here.proteus wrote: ↑07 Jul 2020, 20:00This is my reaction :
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No offense but no one gives a crap about Renault Vs Honda road cars. That's a billion miles away from what Alonso is doing and how manufacturers perform in F1.JordanMugen wrote: ↑07 Jul 2020, 20:20It take it you are not a Renault fan? As a Renault fan^, I think Alonso is a good signing and the best driver available to Renault.
Alonso is arguably a better choice than the other available WDC, Mr. Vettel -- assuming Mr. Button remains retired from F1. Besides Mr. Button is a Honda company man, Renault dumped him for Alonso after all, Jenson doesn't owe Renault anything!
Others choices like Gasly, Grosjean, Magnussen, Kvyat and so on are OK but nothing too remarkable. I guess Lada (as a Groupe Renault brand) would prefer Kvyat for marketing purposes.
^ Second to being a Honda fan, as I just think Honda vehicles seem to better engineered and better made than Renault & Dacia ones -- while Renaultsport know what they are doing in terms of chassis settings and driving feel, there seems to be a little bit of lack of attention to detail with the Renault vehicle overall. I've had five Hondas and am on my first Renault.. On the Renault, you notice the much messier wiring, lower quality door panel plastics & clips, greater usage of plastic parts (e.g., clutch line fittings & clutch bleed valve) and things like that (one of the control modules for something was doubled-sided taped to the sheetmetal behind the boot trim and had fallen off, lol).
He is too old and too difficult to work with. Since he will demand to be a number 1, Renault will sacrifice overall constructor standind. Far from ideal.RS200E wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 03:26Same here.proteus wrote: ↑07 Jul 2020, 20:00This is my reaction :
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On one hand...
Another bad choice by Alonso, just adding to "the one flaw" that Alonso has. He could have still been with McLaren right now, who knows maybe even Mercedes with a swap for Bottas for Merc engines for McLaren. Would McLaren still have been in this upward trajectory if he had stayed? Yes of course because all the rumours about Alonso being toxic aren't true are they and he only has 1 flaw and that's making the wrong decisions time and time again. Probably just bad luck and a series of unfortunate events.
In the other hand...
Great to see such a legend back in F1 no matter what team. And I'm sure he will enjoy it whatever happens.
Who cares if he is a hundred and fifty years old, as long as he is one of the fastest drivers on the grid. If he comes back and drives like Schumacher at Mercedes, then fair enough. But, it’s too early to pass such a judgement.
Hopefully he could bring some onboard. But I'm thinking he'll have the same setup as he had with Mclaren, with his Kimoa branding plastered on the car.Ground Effect wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 14:15Amazing, after Abu Dhabi 2018, I would never have believed Fred would be back. He’ll be a couple of months shy of 40 when he returns, but I think he can still be competitive. Does anybody know if he comes with sponsorship?