Fernando Alonso

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Alonso and McLaren part ways

Not a big shock to be honest.

https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/41817/fernando-...

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Gareth1974 said:

Or replace Gasly

Whether this is true or not is another point. McLaren is saying nothing has changed.


https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/41961/alonso-re...

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skwdenyer said:

Marko says Alonso + Honda = “impossible”

Exactly. It will never happen. Another bridge burned

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Alonso will be on the phone to Ferrari after that display by Vettel

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Nothing new but

https://grandpx.news/alonso-was-very-close-to-red-...

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Sorry in advance for the paper

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/motorsport/...

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Deesee said:

Ah the first nail in the coffin..

https://youtu.be/mLG-POZihAw

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FA great racing driver, rubbish F1 driver

What utter rubbish.

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TheDeuce said:

Why do rumours of his return never go away? :https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-and-verstappen-weigh-in-on-possible-alonso-return.4UsDtLAYUSMbrEKmBS6gut.html

There is talent queuing up for seats - why bring Alonso back!? It's not as if he was consistently AMAZING and there isn't enough new talent maturing in to the sport to equal or better whatever he could do if he were to return. I just don't see the point..

I wouldn’t agree. I think he’d still be better than half the current grid.

He made quite a few bad choices with teams but he was as good as anybody on track.

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McLaren were the target of an irrational hatred on behalf of MM. I doubt Alonso had any idea quite what he was going to unleash when he threatened RD, and I doubt RD would have thought there would be anything like the ststorm there was when he grassed his own team up.

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Fred is a machine, F1 is better having a guy like him in a competitive car and all the signs are Renault will give him a car he can exploit. It will certainly be better than the dog the McLaren-Honda was.

2022 is going to be Epic.

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He couldn't overtake, which is what killed his strategy.

It was that race which led to DRS being introduced.

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TheDeuce said:

To a significant extent the car will be this years Renault... So if he's still got it, he could see a podium if circumstances allow. Same as DR in the Renault last GP pretty much.

That's the measure of success. The measure of failure would be to not draw out a significant points lead above his team mate I suppose?

10% drop in aero is significant, it will affect the teams significantly. Those still developing this years car at the expense of next year will lose out.

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TheDeuce said:

jsf said:

TheDeuce said:

To a significant extent the car will be this years Renault... So if he's still got it, he could see a podium if circumstances allow. Same as DR in the Renault last GP pretty much.

That's the measure of success. The measure of failure would be to not draw out a significant points lead above his team mate I suppose?

10% drop in aero is significant, it will affect the teams significantly. Those still developing this years car at the expense of next year will lose out.

I think it's too early to factor that aspect in to predictions. This '10%' figure is a bit vague anyway. It was an estimate based on the cars being knocked back to closer to 2019 downforce levels... But clearly different teams have evolved at different rates since then, and some have found new aero advantages in areas the incoming regs won't effect.

If the headline figure is 10% what's the betting that all balanced out the net loss will be more like 4%? And in many cases wiped out in terms of pace by a subsequent PU update for next year?

I stand to be corrected but I'm not sure that this time next year we'll remember the 2021 tweaks with any relevance at all..

I had a look at the revised rules after your post, they aren't changing what I thought they were. It will make very little difference after dev work, they might even have more downforce than they have now but with slightly more drag. Oh dear Ferrari.

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I've never bought into F1 needing Ferrari.

Sure, the Italian support may fall, but most of the world are watching the show.

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Bo_apex said:

But what constitutes a show ?
Tight drama has been lacking of late.

The show is constantly evolving, just like any decent soap.

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Bo_apex said:

jsf said:

Bo_apex said:

But what constitutes a show ?
Tight drama has been lacking of late.

The show is constantly evolving, just like any decent soap.

The show has evolved into a beige episode of Crossroads