Those who described that as 'bad mood' are those who were pi**ed because they didn't get the juicy story they were looking for. Thats typical for journalists and has next to nothing to do with what Fernando said or how he behaved. Getting asked if his devotion to Ferrari and spending a lot of time in Maranello one of the reasons for the divorce? Excuse me? The journo should he happy he didn't get knocked over. Fernando is just too polite at times.

Pretty funny, a shame that he is in a bad mood. Fisichella won the competition but Alonso and Massa finished very close, they did better than last year.

Another symptom of "nap time" in F1 news...
For someone who is going through a divorce, he's doing remarkably well. He's human, not a robot . He has the right to be upset once in a while, especially with annoying journalists who try sniffing out details on his personal life. If the only criticism they can come up with is "stories" unrelated to his driving, then Nando is in a good place in his career as far as I'm concerned.

Courtesy: J. Morales @jmorales



FM calls FA, Fernanda

Go-kart race.

Starting grid:

Rossi, Alonso, Fisichella, Massa, Gené and Ucio.


Race's results:

Rossi, Massa, Alonso, Fisichella, Gené and Ucio

What's the story with the wig? Anybody care to share?

Bad omen for the season

spun on first lap. Just a bit race rusty.

Fiat 500 Race's results:

MAS, ROS , ALO , FIS , GEN

He's doing a Kimi, only the mask is missing

Haha he's trolling: his sister's name is Fernanda

edit: typo

Bad omen indeed.

I would like to know as well...

Where is Jules Bianchi

Might be because he might soon be part of the Force India team.

I've got no idea. Some say it was a tribute for Marco Simoncelli. But to be honest, it would be more of an insult if that was the case...

Peter Windsor: "Fernando Alonso will win 2012 WDC"

I see Alonso is stirring the pot again - "Hamilton is a better driver than Vettel"

And as he thinks he is better than Hamilton...

"has told German magazine Sport-Bild."

says it all

AutoSport Plus ran this story with these quotes a week ago. Not sure why others are only running it now. Of course trying to generate buzz. The quotes came from WROOM.

From the horses mouth

from 6.20ish

He's the master at mind games it's got fans of both drivers get excited

I think he has argumented his opinion, in my view is no longer a mind game, it's an opinion.

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/dodgy-journalism/

I knew there was something that didn't add up.

This time Saward is wrong he obviously did not see the intervew from Fernando wich is only a few days old
Alonso repeats his stements there on the WROOOM 2012

Another example of bad journalism.

I saw the interview, it was a bit different. Saward is right that the quote was taken from the book, in the same words, just omitting unsuitable part.

The full transcript of the Wrooom book text pertaining to this issue was published here last week. It reads:

On opponents...

FA: "In the last few years I've had two main reference points in Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, but I have a different opinion about each one of them. I consider Hamilton to be a very quick driver, aggressive and totally focused. All he's interested in is winning. Nothing else. A really talented driver. In my opinion Sebastian hasn't quite got to that level yet. I know that he's world champion and that he'll win another championship in 2011, but that's the way it is. For me he's just slightly below Lewis' standard."

VR: "In the course of my career, I've come across all kinds of different riders. I guess at the moment my two main rivals are [Casey] Stoner and [Jorge] Lorenzo. When one's rivals are as fast as they are, they become your objective by also acting as a stimulus for one's own performance. They're very different from each other. One of them is very talented and very strong mentally; the other also very talented, very instinctive but still always very fast."

So Saward is right in that it was an interview undertaken last year (which the Autosport Plus feature stresses), Sport Bild is wrong, but both are a week late.

Yes he is!
And now also German press ratify!

Some word from Ecclestone.



http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/68409.html

Let's hope this is the year Ferrari can deliver the car Fernando deserves

I certainly hope so, just put my money on Fernando winning the WDC!

that right there is the kiss of death....

Word is Fernando is spending countless hours in the simulator working on the car. So long as correlation problems are fixed this is a good thing. I hope we give him the car he deserves. If so the WDC is Alonso's.

Just 17 days until he gets to test the real car himself

I can't wait. Just look at what he did last year with a bad car. If the car is more competitive than the F150 Italia he will be in the hunt for the WDC.

'For sure'

I don't think anyone can Alonso will win anything this year. However, I do hope he at least has a chance with a competitive car. Then we are in for a treat of great battles and a fantastic specticle.

Alonso 'would be biggest threat to Vettel'!

It would be a 'nightmare' for vettel.

No it would not be a nightmare for Vettel, he would relish the challenge.....

so it is!

I don't remember 2010 was a "nightmare" for Vettel.

Yes it was , let's face it , Vettel only won in 2010 because Ferrari messed up in the last race , and for Vettel the pressure was tremendous , especially at Singapore when he was chasing Fernando for pretty much from start to finish and you can see how the pressure was so big on Vettel that when they pitted ( they did it almost together ) , Vettel almost stalled the car because he forgot to put it in first gear and try to get away in second gear and you can hear the engine almost stalling losing precious seconds , he probably would have won that race if it wasn't for that mistake

No, Alonso was almost 3 seconds in front until pitstops.

So? What does any of that have to do with 2010 being a nightmare for Vettel? He won the WDC didn't he?
Betcha Alonso would love to have that kind of nightmare........

Vettel won 3 of the last 4 races and he doesn't won in Japan because of a DNF. The final of the season was impressive and he had a lot of pressure. Vettel is more likely a nightmare for Alonso, especiallyif you read the interviews with Alonso and his comments.

Alonso & Massa arriving at Lanzarote!

PICS!

Alonso The only guy capable to stop Vettel i think.