Fernando Alonso [#14]

[Alonso-champ]

Alonso working hard at Maranello for
2012

Spain’s AS newspaper reported that
Fernando Alonso has visited Ferrari’s Maranello
headquarters “on several occasions” since the 2011
season ended in Brazil. “Now, he has travelled to Maranello to be at the
controls of the simulator for several days until
Monday,” said the report. AS continued: “In fact, unlike normally, the Spaniard
was unable to attend an event for Shell this week with
journalists in Madrid. “Instead he is in Italy trying different solutions for the
2012 car, which has been in the developing phase
for some time as Ferrari hopes to return to winning
ways.” Meanwhile Ferrari’s 2012 car will be ready to roll at
the first official test of the winter pre-season. A spokesman for the Italian team told Reuters as well as
Autosprint (Italy) and SID news agency (Germany) that
the new single seater will be revealed before its Jerez
debut in early February. A precise launch date was not specified. “Definitely, the new project is a clean break with the past
and a very different one,” Luca Colajanni is quoted as
saying.

[F1NAC]

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari pushing to produce a 'dominant' car for 2012

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari is going all out to produce a 'dominant' Formula 1 car for next year, after praising the determination that he has seen at its Maranello factory this week.

The Spaniard claims that his outfit is eager to enjoy the success that Red Bull Racing has experienced for the last two campaigns, which is why it has been willing to take more risks with the design of its 2012 challenger.

And after seeing the new car in the windtunnel this week, Alonso says he is convinced Ferrari is putting in the effort that will allow it to hit back in style at the start of next season.

"I've seen the car as I've been to Maranello for four days," said Alonso during a Santander press conference in Madrid on Monday. "I've only seen the windtunnel version, but we have to wait.

"At this point of the season we all think we have the best car ahead of next year. We have to wait until February when he put in on the track, to see the results and to see how fast it can go.

"What's clear is that everybody in the team is very, very motivated ahead of next year. There's an urge to gain the ground lost and get the feeling that Red Bull has had for the past two years.

"Tasting wins and championships is something Ferrari is used to doing in the past decade and it's something we want to do again. From the first mechanic to the last designer, I've seen an atmosphere of full focus and a huge desire to get a dominant car.

"So I'm relatively calm and I'm confident that things will go well, because Ferrari has the ability to build a winning car. It's the best team and I think all the necessary details are being looked at so nothing fails."

Alonso thinks that Red Bull Racing will not be able to eke out much more speed from the successor to its brilliant RB7, but feels his team will be able to make much bigger steps for next year.

"I think we are going to go up," he explained. "Red Bull has a car that is very well developed, a very good car. Improving that car is possible, and they will improve it, but they don't have such a big margin to improve, unlike us.

"We had aerodynamic problems when the windtunnel wasn't working well. We had a different philosophy to adapt to the Pirellis, a different philosophy for the suspension and many other things. So we have a big margin to improve.

"So I think they will improve by X per cent, and we are going to improve by X by two, so it's all going to be much closer."

And although the team is pushing hard to give itself a big margin in the championship battle, Alonso thinks that the fight for victories on track in 2012 will be tremendously close.

"We know our rivals will be very strong and whoever wins next year's championship will win it by a tenth or two in the car," he said. "There aren't going to be huge gaps.

"For the car we have taken some measures and used some innovations that probably wouldn't have been used in previous years because of Ferrari's more conservative approach. So all this makes us feel optimistic."

LINK

[Alonso-champ]

Evo Fernando se rastaje sa zenom Raqule
Sorry link je na spanskom :

http://www.fernandoalonso.com/es/notici ... monio/2553

[F2004_the_best_ever]

Šteta, meni je uvjek bilo drago vidjet Raquel u Ferrari-jevom box-u iako se rijetko pojavljivala.

[F1NAC]

Šteta , nadam se da nece to utjecat na njegovu voznju .

[nando fan]

Ma Alonsu je vaznija formula nego neka Rakel.
Secam se u jednom intervjuu kad je kreno voziti i pitali ga da li ima devojku odgovor je bio: "bolid formule 1 je moja devojka" .

[King iCool]

Hah super! Sad ju ja mogu ići barit.

[One and only]

I on i Hamilton su znači sad slobodni. Dobra vijest za sponzoruše. Šteta što Simonica ne zalazi ovdje na forum

[F2004_the_best_ever]

Pojavile su se špekulacije da bi ovo mogla biti nova Alonsova djevojka, njeno ime je Xenia Tchoumitcheva.



Sve Alonsove djevojke, poslednja mu je bila žena.
Rebeca 1999-2004,Carolina Costa 2004-05,Felicity Jaine 2005, Jenny Kessler 2005 i Raquel del Rosario 2005-2011.

[nando fan]

Pa sve mu dosadile pa ce i ta.

[Alonso-champ]

Sta radi onaj RedBull na doljboj slici

[F1NAC]

Dobra pi***

[Nitrous Oxide Systems]

viša je od njega

[Alonso-champ]

Alonso says he has only seen the windtunnel version of Ferrari's 2012 contender.

Alonso: There's an urge to gain the ground lost and get the feeling that Red Bull has had for the past two years.

[nando fan]

Samo pobede i nista vise. Btw, dobra Alonsova cupika. Mozda ga ona nadahne jos vise

[Igor18]

Fernando Alonso has expressed his admiration for Michael Schumacher, saying the seven-time World Champion has "nothing more to prove".

Schumacher dominated Formula One between 1994 and 2004 and, although he has struggled since coming out of retirement a couple of seasons ago, he remains one of the most respected drivers.

Asked by Brazil's TotalRace.com who he would like to challenge, either in kart racing, street cars or even the F1, Alonso said: "I would choose Michael Schumacher, who will always be a Champion for all of us, because we respect a driver who has won seven World Championships. He is a driver who has nothing more to prove and was always very fast."

Schumacher finished ninth in the Drivers' Championship in 2010 and followed it up with an eight place in this year's standings.

Alonso, though, feels once Mercedes GP get their act together and give their drivers a faster car, then Schumacher and Nico Rosberg will challenge for race victories.

"We know that in Formula 1, the car is the most important part and we know that Mercedes did not have a very good year," says Alonso.

"But I believe that if they have a competitive car, capable of winning races, both Rosberg and Michael can be favourites. We have to respect them."

[Alonso-champ]

Vrtu se glasine po Maranellu da se Fernando i Pat Fry toliko dobro razumiju i slazu,da Andrea Stella pocinje bit pomalo ljubomoran

[Alonso-champ]

Evo ga na wroomu

[F2004_the_best_ever]

Alonso peti sportista na svijetu po zaradi
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[King iCool]

Veli Ferdo da je Hamilton još uvijek bolji od Vettela.

[Slash]

Ferdo & Lewis BFFs <3.

[dmarijon]

Veli Ferdo da je Hamilton još uvijek bolji od Vettela.

... i namiguje vettelu krajičkom oka dok to priča.

[One and only]

Ljubav iz dana u McLarenu ipak nije za baciti .
Šalu na stranu mislim da njih dvojica imaju jako puno respekta jedan prema drugom. Sjećam se da je u jednom intervjuu Hamilton o Alonsu govorio samo u superlativima.

[F1NAC]

"Sebastian has not quite reached that level," he told Germany's Sport Bild.
mos mislit da je on dao intervju švabama .... to je žutilo sve

[Alonso-champ]

Sve i da jes dao izjavu ne vjerujem,da bi baš tako nešto rekao..