Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has insisted that that Alonso will not have any difficulty getting along with his team-mate Nelsinho Piquet.

The double world champion left Mclaren last year to join Renault after he accused the team of favouring team-mate Lewis Hamitlon.

But Briatore believes that Nelsinho will pose less of a threat to Alonso and is confident that the two drivers will be better managed under his leadership.

“I think Nelsinho doesn’t want to commit suicide in his rookie year,” Briatore told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“When McLaren hire a world champion in Fernando and have a rookie in Hamilton, they must know how to manage them.

“Piquet and Alonso, they both work for Renault. It’s up to me to manage them for the good of the team. I must consider that, besides the two drivers, I have one thousand other people working for me.”

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