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Seriously though I'm wondering why Button is saying this... he's being widely tipped by various journalists to be leaving Mclaren who insist that they'll retain Magnusson instead so to say something like that about Alonso wouldn't seem like a good idea unless he knew he had a seat with Mclaren next year.
Well just that front cover, "Alonso doesn't scare me" kinda implies that Button thinks he'll be getting the seat over Kev. Comes across as a bit arrogant in that sense, but Button's not an arrogant person so either he knows something we don't or it could be meant to say "if i do get the seat alonso doesn't scare me"... probably me just reading too much into it tho
Well just that front cover, "Alonso doesn't scare me" kinda implies that Button thinks he'll be getting the seat over Kev. Comes across as a bit arrogant in that sense, but Button's not an arrogant person so either he knows something we don't or it could be meant to say "if i do get the seat alonso doesn't scare me"... probably me just reading too much into it tho
Sounds like the kind of thing a driver says when he's lined up to be replaced by Alonso, rather than having secured a seat alongside him.
Maybe the mag mentioned Alonso and the incoming Halloween festival to JB in the same sentence.
Yup, it'll have nothing to do with the seat.
AS: Does Alonso worry you on track?
Button: Alonso doesn't scare me
AS: Do you not think he is the fastest driver on the track?
Button: He is not as quick as Lewis
Would agree with Button, Hamilton is the best driver on that grid. People forget the dogs he has brought to the podium. Yes Alonso has done it a few times, mainly with luck, but to me Hamilton is the top driver.
Hamilton = Race winner
Alonso = Consistent
Would love and pay to see Hamilton and Alonso go head to head in the same car though. Forget 2007.
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He said over one lap not over race distance. Alonso is head and shoulders above Hamilton in my opinion and anyone else that's sat in an F1 car since senna. I think it would be closer over one lap too, especially when you consider how rosberg has done against him this year. Without Ron to protect him and in a team where they could go at each other like they can at Mercedes I think it would be one sided and Hamilton would go into meltdown woe is me mode again. Alonso is x times smarter. If it's all going his way Hamilton is mighty but it's so easy to throw him off his game.
Agree 100 percent, I'd have Alonso in my team over Hamilton every day.
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Just 18 cars on the grid next weekend (and presumably Brazil as can't imagine they'll turn up just a week later) then.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29770496
Lowest since BAR were banned from a couple of races in 2005.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29770496
Lowest since BAR were banned from a couple of races in 2005.
Sad state of affairs when it comes to this, I hope something gets sorted... Or that any future entires are viable and able to flourish.
Would be a shame to see Sauber go, but the team just seems to have gone backwards in recent years. I remember when they had Red Bull and Petronas sponsorship and the awesome 1990s/early 2000s liveries, I sometimes wonder where they'd be if those backers had stuck with them and tried to move the team forwards rather than taking their money elsewhere....