Alonso backs Massa
Singapore and Japanese GP winner Fernando Alonso has backed Felipe Massa in his endeavour to beat Lewis Hamilton to the 2008 F1 World Championship.
Alonso famously fell out with Hamilton’s McLaren outfit after a row over perceived driver favouritism at the height of last year’s spy scandal.
And the Spaniard has made no secret of his desire to see the Woking squad’s chief title rivals Ferrari triumph in this year’s campaign.
“I didn’t know why he (Hamilton) had been penalised,” the Renault driver is quoted as saying by Italy’s Sky after winning last week’s Japanese Grand Prix. After last year, I want Ferrari to win. I will help Massa if I can.”
However Alonso, who has long been touted to join Ferrari if and when Kimi Raikkonen steps down, is unlikely to go out of his way to support Massa having been unimpressed by the Brazilian’s points tally.
“They have thrown away many points,” Alonso is quoted as saying by Diario AS newspaper.
“After 16 races the leader has 84 points, but I had that many after 9 races in 2006,” he adds.
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tony hackley | Oct 15, 2008 | Reply
It was only a matter of time before Alonso came out on the side of Ferrari (as that is clearly his destination in 2010). This Mclaren – Hamilton witch hunt continues, and must be either an FIA (lets not forget that Ferrari were the leaders behind the concord agreememnt) or even TV led to keep the action alive. In all the years of watching F1 I have never seen a racer punished for Braking too late in the first corner especially when said driver actually finishes worse off than those supposedly affected around him, its infantile and tantamount to bullying by punishing
the whole philosophy of racing – TO WIN….
I for one will now never buy a Ferrari…. see how that feels Mr Montezemolo………..
LRSL | Oct 19, 2008 | Reply
With th WDC 2008 slipping into Lewis’s grip, Alonso could make a shock exit from Renault and squeeze Massa out in time for 2009.
mark storey | Oct 28, 2008 | Reply
did any one catch the BBC programme inside sport on Monday the nonsence that was coming out the questiion that was posed to David croft do you think Lewis Hamilton will be World Champion A Yes but i dont think
no you wont be happy if he is he anlong with James Allen & Martin Brundle are voting for Massa