Alonso is lucky nobody else beat Hamilton

 

LOL - yes worthy of Senna and Prost.

I thought it was interesting how after Alonso didn't have much to say about the team, Hamilton went out of the way to praise them. No shortage of mind games there then. I wonder whether Alonso will be back to Renault for next year?

 

I wonder if during the race that one of Alonso's pit stops may be fluffed ? Fuel hose problem or maybe wheel nut taking longer to get on than normal ?

There's certainly going to be harsh words behind closed doors that for sure and I'm sure Ron won't be happy at all with Alonso's comment in the press conference that it was the team that held him at the final tyre change when the lollipop man clearly had lifted a good 10 seconds before he decided to move.

If I were Lewis I would really have to restrain myself form knocking the little Spanish shit's lights out.

 

He's done himself no favours at all, lets see how British the team is now.

 

It may not only be Scott Speed leaving his F1 team this week

 

Alonso didn't even have the courage or honesty to admit what he had done at the press conference.

The team held him back my arse. Hopefully he'll drive off the track at the first corner again.

 

That's what prompted him to pull his stunt today in the first place. I'd put money on the guy who fluffed the tyre change to be one of Hamilton's mechanics. Alonso is at his comic best when his back is up.

Two notable ones are giving Ralf Schumacher the bird before his wheel-less car has even stopped moving, and calling F1 "no longer a sport" when he was fined for being in front of a Ferrari.

I completely understand why he did it today, and have no problems admitting that I wouldn't have the balls to do it. Good on him, IMO.

As Hill tentatively put, this kind of fire and aggression is what F1 sometimes lacks. Alonso is one of very few drivers who has dared to exhibit it in the past 10 or 20 years, the only others willing to do the same have been Schumi, Prost, and Senna. All multiple champions.

 

Shows he will try and win no matter what. Fair play to him. If Hamilton had the same balls he should have just driven in to the back of him in the pits if he knew he was holding him up.

 

Or blocked his flying lap. Which I expected him to.

Stewards are investigating at the moment though...

 

It's all won or lost in the pits in F1

I thought Damon Hill was ok on the TV, reasonably insightful. Is he on tomorrow?