McLaren keeping JB on his toes
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109941
Funny thing to say when JB hasn't signed a contract yet for 2014.
Funny thing to say when JB hasn't signed a contract yet for 2014.
Gaz. said:
jonnylayze said:
Maybe Alonso is rumoured to be on the move and could go back to McL to partner Perez now Ron has taken a back seat. Button to Ferrari....
Alonso has more chance sprouting wings and marrying a Mermaid than driving for Mclaren.Gaz. said:
Alonso has more chance sprouting wings and marrying a Mermaid than driving for Mclaren.
I know where you are coming from on this one but stranger things have happened. McLaren are due to announce a title sponsor on December 2nd. Some mutterings about whether that will happen, whether it is a new name or a ramping up of GSK (no Lucozade though...).....I don't know how much of a drain the road car business is, but if Alonso brought a larger slug of Santander money, he might be welcomed back? Significant that Kimi is only on a 1 year contract though...all about Vettel I guess?....
llewop said:
ewenm said:
The Japanese almost treat JB as one of their own anyway 
Exactly - if, as seems to be the case, the issue isn't 14, but 15 and beyond, I'd suspect that if McLaren put it to Honda that they stump up anything JB wants that McLaren don't want to pay.... they would.It's whether JB signs a new deal taking him into the Honda years and he sees his career out there, or whether it is just 2014 and he's a free agent again for 2015.
Ahem!
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns26366.html
McLaren, Honda eye Alonso
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns26366.html
McLaren, Honda eye Alonso
GrandPrix.com said:
The big rumour that shone under Singapore's lights on Thursday was all about Fernando Alonso -- and McLaren.
It was being whispered up and down the paddock that the real reason the British team is delaying the announcement about its drivers for next year is because negotiations with the disgruntled Ferrari 'number 1' Alonso are taking place.
Asked by the Daily Mail if he would hire the Spaniard, whose first McLaren stint in 2007 ended acrimoniously, team boss Martin Whitmarsh admitted: "Yes, if I could."
Jenson Button said on Thursday that his 2014 deal with McLaren is already "done". But it is believed the announcement is being held up so as not to focus speculation on the seat currently occupied by Sergio Perez.
Button, however, denied the Alonso subject is rampant even among those wearing McLaren team gear in Singapore.
"There hasn't been a word, that's the honest truth," he told the Independent newspaper.
"But I think it (being paired with Alonso) would be quite exciting."
In the last couple of days, it has become clear McLaren is thinking not only about its drivers for 2014, but also the start of the Honda era in 2015.
"It's a different situation with partners," Button admitted. "It may be to do with the funding, but I don't have a worry in the world about my future with this team."
That may be true, but also true is that Honda might see an Alonso-Button pairing as even better -- and worth paying handsomely for.
The move might also entice Ferrari sponsor Santander back to McLaren to help pay Alonso's huge retainer.
"We want a winning driver from day one," the Spanish newspaper Marca quotes a Honda insider as saying.
It was being whispered up and down the paddock that the real reason the British team is delaying the announcement about its drivers for next year is because negotiations with the disgruntled Ferrari 'number 1' Alonso are taking place.
Asked by the Daily Mail if he would hire the Spaniard, whose first McLaren stint in 2007 ended acrimoniously, team boss Martin Whitmarsh admitted: "Yes, if I could."
Jenson Button said on Thursday that his 2014 deal with McLaren is already "done". But it is believed the announcement is being held up so as not to focus speculation on the seat currently occupied by Sergio Perez.
Button, however, denied the Alonso subject is rampant even among those wearing McLaren team gear in Singapore.
"There hasn't been a word, that's the honest truth," he told the Independent newspaper.
"But I think it (being paired with Alonso) would be quite exciting."
In the last couple of days, it has become clear McLaren is thinking not only about its drivers for 2014, but also the start of the Honda era in 2015.
"It's a different situation with partners," Button admitted. "It may be to do with the funding, but I don't have a worry in the world about my future with this team."
That may be true, but also true is that Honda might see an Alonso-Button pairing as even better -- and worth paying handsomely for.
The move might also entice Ferrari sponsor Santander back to McLaren to help pay Alonso's huge retainer.
"We want a winning driver from day one," the Spanish newspaper Marca quotes a Honda insider as saying.
It's on the BBC too, Alonso is apparently McLaren's "prime target"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/24171278
I'd be astonished if this happens, there's so much from 2007 to forgive and forget.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/24171278
I'd be astonished if this happens, there's so much from 2007 to forgive and forget.
tonybhr said:
It's on the BBC too, Alonso is apparently McLaren's "prime target"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/24171278
I'd be astonished if this happens, there's so much from 2007 to forgive and forget.
Complete outrage if it does, Planet F1 also commented on Whitmarsh's comments - http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/8931306/McLare...http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/24171278
I'd be astonished if this happens, there's so much from 2007 to forgive and forget.
I take it Ron really doesnt deal with the F1 side anymore.
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