You have got to love Alonso.

[jonnyb]

Now who's getting cocky?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula...

[_Batty_]

another brilliant piece of BBC reporting.
he said
'if you see the last two races, then yes'
which, correct me if im wrong, is right

Edited by _Batty_ on Thursday 7th October 13:48

[Henry Fiddleton]

I used to hate Alonso- I know want him to win the world championship.

Mind games, ruthlessness and the fact he doesn't care about anything else, other than winning the WDC. The WCC is a bonus for him!

Go Telfonso.

[sleep envy]

OP sucked into crap reporting by BBC

[35secToNuvolari]

Alonso has talked like this for a while. It's one of the things I haven't liked that about him for a while. He was cocky in '05 and '06, and then last year he even had the balls to say his '08 Singapore race still counted as a win. I'm not a fan of unmeasured, over-confident statements from sportsmen/women. Some feel that sporting accomplishments somehow compensate for being a jerk. However, I don't think you can take accomplishments from one column and have them compensate for failures of a different kind in another column. I can see how this headline irks, especially if it's coming from a rival team. But he did qualify his statement, and then backtracked a bit when he said that, with five drivers in the championship, the competition was still wide open. Of course, some of the problem is due to how journalists couch these things.

Edited by 35secToNuvolari on Friday 8th October 00:04

[Corpulent Tosser]

jonnyb said:

You have got to love Alonso

No I certainly don't

[Jasandjules]

Love him? No.

Accept that he is a superb driver who is able to wring the best out of a car? Yes.

[5potTurbo]

Henry Fiddleton said:

Go 'n fk yourself Teflonso.

EFA

[mattikake]

Corpulent Tosser said:

jonnyb said:

You have got to love Alonso

No I certainly don't

Ah you will after he's retired and you reminisce in the fun he brought to F1 for you.

[Allyc85]

5potTurbo said:

Henry Fiddleton said:

Go 'n fk yourself Teflonso.

EFA

Spot on!

[coetzeeh]

5potTurbo said:

Henry Fiddleton said:

Go 'n fk yourself Teflonso.

EFA

Comments like these are unbecoming and juvenile. No wonder we don't see the very knowledgable contributors on here any more.

[snorkel sucker]

ive posted plenty about my thoughts on Alonso. However, in the context of the question he was asked, his response cannot be disputed. And, as much as im not keen on the way he acts, his driving skills and ability to win are superb.

Id love Button or Hamilton to win the WDC, Webber being my next choice. However, right now, heading into the next race, The Spaniard is on a crest of a wave.

He is going to be mighty hard to beat!

[hotmelt]

I cannot watch Alonso on video, he is on pretty primitive level. Also Hamilton is convincingly better driver than him, so he better stops acting as some kind of superstar.

[RichB]

coetzeeh said:

5potTurbo said:

Henry Fiddleton said:

Go 'n fk yourself Teflonso.

EFA

Comments like these are unbecoming and juvenile. No wonder we don't see the very knowledgeable contributors on here any more.

This is an unfortunate fashion on Pistonheads that really pisses me off. When I write something I hate it when people change my words and add "EFA" as if that somehow makes it funny I guess it's something that's caught on from the US (most juvenile humour come from there) and hopefully will pass with time, either that or Pistonheads forum interface needs to lock the content of previous posts when one quotes them.

ETA I dislike Alonso too and would hate to see him win the WDC.

[compocon]

Agreed, Alonso, Hamilton and Kubica are the top drivers in F1 with Rosberg following close behind.

[Jasandjules]

hotmelt said:

I cannot watch Alonso on video, he is on pretty primitive level. Also Hamilton is convincingly better driver than him, so he better stops acting as some kind of superstar.

I am sorry, I think Hamilton is easily one of the best drivers out there and one of the best racers too, b**ls out racing at it's finest. But there is no way I could say he is a convincingly better driver than Alonso. I wish I could !

[RedLCRB0b]

Jasandjules said:

hotmelt said:

I cannot watch Alonso on video, he is on pretty primitive level. Also Hamilton is convincingly better driver than him, so he better stops acting as some kind of superstar.

I am sorry, I think Hamilton is easily one of the best drivers out there and one of the best racers too, b**ls out racing at it's finest. But there is no way I could say he is a convincingly better driver than Alonso. I wish I could !

Does this mean you think Alonso is a better driver or that you rate them as equal ? Hamilton pretty much outdriving Alonso in the same car in his first season in F1 would seem to suggest that Hamilton is the better driver. However, I think they have both matured a bit since then and given the same hardware I don't think there would be much in it. Alonso's main problem is that he seems quite susceptible to mind games and can't cope if things aren't going his way. Without some of the tantrums he threw earlier this season I think he would have been leading the WDC now. Luckily for him, he now seems to have this under control and it appears to be Hamilton who is now the distracted one.

[HAB]

RedLCRB0b said:

Hamilton pretty much outdriving Alonso in the same car in his first season in F1 would seem to suggest that Hamilton is the better driver.

Never happened. Except on here, obviously.

[Miss Pitstop]

Jasandjules said:

Love him? No.

Accept that he is a superb driver who is able to wring the best out of a car? Yes.

That about sums up my feelings. I don't like him, can't say I ever will but he is a damn good driver, much as it pains me to admit it!!

[GTP rpm]

How do people dislike others they've not met?

Astonishing.

(Guilty of it in my past, mind)