Silly Season 2017/2018

[marmer]

When you have all the money you could ever spend many times over at the end of the days it's a will to be the best that keeps you going. Ham will stop as soon as he no longer wants it. I suspect he wants a couple more records before he goes he is still short on total wins and wins in a season plus championships so he could stick around for awhile longer. The only thing I can see getting in the way is if he gets a bad car he might decide on 1 bad season enough is enough for example I don't think if he was Alonso's age he would have kept going at McLaren. But he has already got more titles so less reason to stick around

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[f1universe]

Alonso again in Ferrari will be amazing, they had so many epic races and moments when he was there. I always thought Alonso was perfect for Ferrari. Is not going to happen anyway with Vettel there.

[PlatinumZealot]

If Vettel's ego grows as big a Alonso's was at Ferrari.. they might see him as a political disruption as Alonso was, and bring in a new driver to bring him back down to earth. It is ironic that Vettel was the driver that was going to be brought in by Monty to remind Alonso that he is only just the driver. To fans' disappointment it ended up that, monty didn't get to pull the trigger because Alonso left then Vettel took his place. Now that Vettel is the lead driver, it remains to be seen if he will try to step above his position in the team. I don't see it in him though. He is one of the more political drivers but I don't see him as a usurper.

[Alonsofor2017]

If Ferrari win the drivers but not the constructors they will realise they need a safe pair of hands to replace raikonnen, now who do they pick, if red bull improve during the year, which is looking likely, then Riccardo and verstappen stay put, this leaves three viable choices for Ferrari, Alonso, Perez or sainz, sainz is very talented but has been shown to make costly driver errors recently, Perez is possible but is he that much of an improvement on raikkonen, Alonso would be the best choice, he is probably the most consistent driver on the grid and he's worked with them before, he would also bring a lot of marketability and popularity to replace raikkonens large amounts, the problem with this is vettel and Alonso clashing but this can be mostly prevented with good management, if you look at history the one team that has always hired too big players the most is Ferrari

[adrianjordan]

If Ferrari win the drivers but not the constructors they will realise they need a safe pair of hands to replace raikonnen, now who do they pick, if red bull improve during the year, which is looking likely, then Riccardo and verstappen stay put, this leaves three viable choices for Ferrari, Alonso, Perez or sainz, sainz is very talented but has been shown to make costly driver errors recently, Perez is possible but is he that much of an improvement on raikkonen, Alonso would be the best choice, he is probably the most consistent driver on the grid and he's worked with them before, he would also bring a lot of marketability and popularity to replace raikkonens large amounts, the problem with this is vettel and Alonso clashing but this can be mostly prevented with good management, if you look at history the one team that has always hired too big players the most is Ferrari

It's not just how big a player they are though, it's how they approach racing. I can't remember Ferrari ever having a Senna-Prost, Hamilton-Alonso or Alonso-Vettel type pairing where both are strong personalities as well as WDC contenders...

[Vasconia]

Alonso again in Ferrari will be amazing, they had so many epic races and moments when he was there. I always thought Alonso was perfect for Ferrari. Is not going to happen anyway with Vettel there.

It will never happen. Alonso should eat all the words said about Ferrari. I don´t see this happening.

But well, I thought the same after 2006 and see what happen in 2010.

[adrianjordan]

Alonso again in Ferrari will be amazing, they had so many epic races and moments when he was there. I always thought Alonso was perfect for Ferrari. Is not going to happen anyway with Vettel there.

It will never happen. Alonso should eat all the words said about Ferrari. I don´t see this happening.

But well, I thought the same after 2006 and see what happen in 2010.

Or 2015 after 2007....seems Alonso is a big enough talent to make people let bygones be bygones!!

[Vasconia]

Alonso again in Ferrari will be amazing, they had so many epic races and moments when he was there. I always thought Alonso was perfect for Ferrari. Is not going to happen anyway with Vettel there.

It will never happen. Alonso should eat all the words said about Ferrari. I don´t see this happening.

But well, I thought the same after 2006 and see what happen in 2010.

Or 2015 after 2007....seems Alonso is a big enough talent to make people let bygones be bygones!!

Expect the unexpected with Alonso.

But, I still think that Alonso has only two options, stay in Mclare nor leave F1. If the Mercedes options becomes real I would be more than surprised.

[Alonsofor2017]

If Ferrari win the drivers but not the constructors they will realise they need a safe pair of hands to replace raikonnen, now who do they pick, if red bull improve during the year, which is looking likely, then Riccardo and verstappen stay put, this leaves three viable choices for Ferrari, Alonso, Perez or sainz, sainz is very talented but has been shown to make costly driver errors recently, Perez is possible but is he that much of an improvement on raikkonen, Alonso would be the best choice, he is probably the most consistent driver on the grid and he's worked with them before, he would also bring a lot of marketability and popularity to replace raikkonens large amounts, the problem with this is vettel and Alonso clashing but this can be mostly prevented with good management, if you look at history the one team that has always hired too big players the most is Ferrari

It's not just how big a player they are though, it's how they approach racing. I can't remember Ferrari ever having a Senna-Prost, Hamilton-Alonso or Alonso-Vettel type pairing where both are strong personalities as well as WDC contenders...

Prost mansell
Raikonnen massa
Alonso raikonnen
Villenauve lauda

Alonso vettel doesn't seem that far from these, maybe not as clashing personalities you have a point but then Ferrari do not have much of a choice at the moment for a recognised safe pair of hands

[adrianjordan]

See I wouldn't include Raikonnen based pairings as Kimi is so laid back that he just gets on with driving the car and doesn't (at least seem to) care what goes on with the other guy...

I had forgotten about the others as I was either not born or very, very young....I was only 12 when Senna died....it's one of my earliest memories..!!

[f1universe]

Alonso again in Ferrari will be amazing, they had so many epic races and moments when he was there. I always thought Alonso was perfect for Ferrari. Is not going to happen anyway with Vettel there.

It will never happen. Alonso should eat all the words said about Ferrari. I don´t see this happening.

But well, I thought the same after 2006 and see what happen in 2010.

Or 2015 after 2007....seems Alonso is a big enough talent to make people let bygones be bygones!!

What he said in 2006 wasn't that bad, it was an intense battle with Schumi/Ferrari and the FIA clearly took sides with Ferrari because they wanted Schumi to win another title before retirement. Everyone at Renault had intense feelings against Ferrari. Afterwards he always has been very grateful for his time at Ferrari.

I think he is going to retire anyway, he is talking like he has some options, maybe he has them if certain conditions are met (Lewis retires....), but is Reanult or McLaren and Renault is not a guarantee of anything right now and he said he is not willing to take more gambles. We will see.

[Vasconia]

It will never happen. Alonso should eat all the words said about Ferrari. I don´t see this happening.

But well, I thought the same after 2006 and see what happen in 2010.

Or 2015 after 2007....seems Alonso is a big enough talent to make people let bygones be bygones!!

What he said in 2006 wasn't that bad, it was an intense battle with Schumi/Ferrari and the FIA clearly took sides with Ferrari because they wanted Schumi to win another title before retirement. Everyone at Renault had intense feelings against Ferrari. Afterwards he always has been very grateful for his time at Ferrari.

I think he is going to retire anyway, he is talking like he has some options, maybe he has them if certain conditions are met (Lewis retires....), but is Reanult or McLaren and Renault is not a guarantee of anything right now and he said he is not willing to take more gambles. We will see.

He spoke quite badly about Ferrari which led Todt to assure that Alonso "won´t going to be part of this team if its in my hands".

I understand that Italy was fustrating for him and the team but apart from that...

[f1universe]

Or 2015 after 2007....seems Alonso is a big enough talent to make people let bygones be bygones!!

What he said in 2006 wasn't that bad, it was an intense battle with Schumi/Ferrari and the FIA clearly took sides with Ferrari because they wanted Schumi to win another title before retirement. Everyone at Renault had intense feelings against Ferrari. Afterwards he always has been very grateful for his time at Ferrari.

I think he is going to retire anyway, he is talking like he has some options, maybe he has them if certain conditions are met (Lewis retires....), but is Reanult or McLaren and Renault is not a guarantee of anything right now and he said he is not willing to take more gambles. We will see.

He spoke quite badly about Ferrari which led Todt to assure that Alonso "won´t going to be part of this team if its in my hands".

I understand that Italy was fustrating for him and the team but apart from that...

That's not my understanding, Todt grudge against Alonso was because he chose Renault over Ferrari but in any case, that was like a million years ago and Todt is no longer at Ferrari, neither Matiacci or Montezemolo.

Alonso was more than happy with Italy and the team, the problem was the management and their constant promises of a better car.

[GoranF1]

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[Vasconia]

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