Who will replace Alonso if he leaves McLaren

Jenson Button :P LOL

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Senna Wrote:
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> Jenson Button :P LOL

nah...jenson and rubens alrdy signed contract to 2008 in honda

mikef1 Wrote:
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> They are both contracted to BMW for next year so
> no chance.

You're saying they wouldn't want to swap either for Alonso? :P

As much as I'd love to see Alonso in something other other than the big 3 teams (just to see exactly what he's made of and how much he's changed since 2001), I can't see him anywhere other than McLaren or Renault next season.

wont be rosberg- ron cant buy him out but frank would have sold him
wont be ralf schumacher - obviously
might be sutil- but he looks majorly error prone
wont be heildfeld- ron passed on him in 2002 when he took kimi
WONT be de la rosa- the muppet directly named ferrari in the emails the muppet
could be paffet test driver- but 2 british drivers limits marketing ability
wont be button - ron wont want bad contract press
so i think flavio wants fernando more than he wants hekki.





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I like Rosberg or Sutil for McLaren. They are germans and fast. Maybe Ralf Schumacher, he could give some experience

McLaren have loads of experience themselves, they don't need drivers for that anymore. Ralf Schumacher is just not going to McLaren, not now, not next year, never.

Nickv Wrote:
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> McLaren have loads of experience themselves, they
> don't need drivers for that anymore.

Is that the reason why Hamilton's gone off form since Alonso stopped sharing his setup data around mid-season?

Harry Wrote:
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> Maybe Ralf Schumacher.


woot Harry's back with new great ideas!

btw it'd be great seeing Kubica or Sutil in a Mclaren

Bruno Spengler

What on earth is all this Sutil talk? Last time I looked he was poo. Kubica for McLaren all the way!

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Assuming (being the mother of all...) Alonso leaves and takes DLR with him (to Renault)

Whise out of contract at the end of this year?
Massa? (Improbable)
Fisi (Wrong Passport and slow)
Davidson? (dont need two Brits or more accurately 2 relative newbies)
Wurz? (Slow)
Ralf? (Slow)
Jarno? (as Fisi)
Paffett (No F1 experience)

Whose apparently re-signed but could be arranged out if Ron wanted? (would need to be a freebie given the fine)

DC? (has maintained pleasantries in the press during Spygate but more likely to be hoping Newey pulls something out of his ahem soon)
Button (unlikely)
Nico (ditto)
Heidfield (Had MB links but now very definetly BMW)
Robert (not daft enough to piss off BMW)
Webber? (Not really McLaren and managed by FB)

Should Ron become Insane in the near future

Monty?
Villeneuve?
Mansell (Ok thats a piss take)
Rossi?
Loeb even?

The more I see it, the more I think that Fernando will stay at McLaren simply because Ron has no other options. Hes unlikely to take another punt on a rookie. Lewis wasnt really that much of a risk compared to a Piquet or even a Bruno. Theres been (as Flavio said the other day) no real stunner in GP2. They wont look at Cart/IRL or RWS.

Maybe Fernando has considered all this before...

alonso doesnt care if ron is in troubles or not dude he'll just leave if he wants and let ron with the big problem to solve anyways in gp2 lucas di grassi is an excellent driver as i said that nicholas todt(massa's manager son of jean todt) is trying to be his manager you know what prolly will happen if gets it..



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Sauber89 Wrote:
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> wont be rosberg- ron cant buy him out but frank
> would have sold him
> wont be ralf schumacher - obviously
> might be sutil- but he looks majorly error prone
> wont be heildfeld- ron passed on him in 2002 when
> he took kimi
> WONT be de la rosa- the muppet directly named
> ferrari in the emails the muppet
> could be paffet test driver- but 2 british drivers
> limits marketing ability
> wont be button - ron wont want bad contract press
>
> so i think flavio wants fernando more than he
> wants hekki.

You mean he wants to get rid of fisi and retain Heikki. What about piquet jr waiting in the wings @ renault?

Rodrigo007 Wrote:
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> alonso doesnt care if ron is in troubles or not
> dude he'll just leave if he wants and let ron with
> the big problem to solve

FA may not GAS, but hes still under contract for 08. Santader and the other sprinkling of Spanish sponsers wont be happy if he's not there. Given Ron has no obvious alternatives, and even with the events of recent months he may well not let FA out of his contract without a massive (financial) fight.

Nemesis78 Wrote:
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> FA may not GAS, but hes still under contract for
> 08. Santader and the other sprinkling of Spanish
> sponsers wont be happy if he's not there. Given
> Ron has no obvious alternatives, and even with the
> events of recent months he may well not let FA out
> of his contract without a massive (financial)
> fight.

well alonso was very smart when signed his contract..
he has a clause in the contract that allows him to leave without being considered contract in addition if some type of “constaint” to happen or if the team dont get any point in his first year as mclaren pilot, the first part that says about the constaints is very vacant and its about interpretation but in what it says about to the points this is fact and as mclaren is with 0 points he doesnt need to give any kind of financial compensation to ron



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I think McLaren will pay Williams for Rosberg, Piquet jnr and Alonso at Renault, and Kovalainen sent to Williams and back to Renault if Piquet jnr doesn't perform. And back to what marcl wrote, Renault have a good engine because everyone is using the same as last years engines with the engine freeze, its the chassis thats making it look bad so the engines still good the chassis makes the whole package look bad.

Montoya for 2008 anybody?

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Back to Mclaren? Are you having a giraffe?

Back to Formula One? Are you having a giraffe?

Looking at him now I doubt he'd fit in any F1 car. :P