Alonso lost option on Ferrari seat six years ago

The rumours about Fernando Alonso leaving the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team just keep going. After linking the double World Champion with Renault and BMW, Alonso has now been linked with Ferrari, although it seems very unlikely that the Spanish driver would decide to move to the Scuderia.

Joan Villadelprat, who worked with Alonso when he drove for Minardi, declared to the Spanish newspaper 'Dario AS' that Alonso's option on a Ferrari seat disappeared six years ago. "He had reached a deal to go to Ferrari for five years. Their agreement was final and his agent had even reached a verbal agreement with a handshake. One week later they signed with Briatore and Renault without Todt's consent, guaranteeing that he would never be a driver for Ferrari."

On what happened this weekend, Villadelprat also gave his reaction. He said that he would have publicly shamed Lewis Hamilton, for famously disobeying a team order during qualifying. "If I was in charge at McLaren I would have made his sanction public, because, like in any other business, if an employee disobeys his boss, you get punished."