> Alonso's days at McLaren are numbered

ApeX

Originally Posted by Safin

Pushing beyond limits i have already explained. I don't think repeating thrice would get you to understand anything which you haven't twice

Aha so you have joined the ferrari camp too... lolzz

My point in mentioning Mika was that if a double world champion like Mika can blow a McLaren, then anyone can. No point saying Kimi is a bad driver. He certainly is one of the best we have at the moment.

Its no secret that I'm a Kimi fan. Wherever he goes, I'll follow him there even if it means supporting a BMW or a Renault. This time its Ferrari. I also like Hamilton and incidentally, he's a McLaren driver. So, I'm with both camps and I'll support you as well provided you talk sensibly.

Safin

if you are expecting me to shower praises about Kimi am not gonna do so..

Mika is not involved here. Mika was a world champion, not Kimi

Its simple, Kimi is a great driver with no brains. He just knows how to drive hard without caring about the car, In an ideal world he shouldn't care about his car, (and i am not taking about engine revs, if i say blowup i don't mean engine blowouts only) Tyre blowup is his problem. He needs to preseve his tyres. I gave you his example explaining that. aggressiveness without brains isn't gonna take him far

(BTW how can you say Narain is incomparable

Narain never got to drive a mclaren. He was therefore making the Jordan feel like a Mclaren which wasn't gonna work

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Nikhil

Alonso free to leave McLaren

Ron Dennis has signalled that Fernando Alonso is free to leave McLaren after this season if he is cannot live with the team’s commitment to treating both drivers equally.

Alonso is contracted to McLaren until the end of 2009, but after his increasingly tense relationship with team-mate Lewis Hamilton flared up in Hungary, he told the Spanish press that he was unsure whether he would see out the three years.

Alonso is understood to be unhappy that Hamilton has been given equal status in the team, when he had expectations of being the clear lead driver.

But Dennis remains adamant that McLaren’s commitment to parity between the two drivers is non-negotiable.

“We will continue to function as a grand prix team with specific values and if anybody does not want to be part of those values – irrespective of where they sit in the organisation – ultimately they will have a choice,” he said.

“But we will not deviate away from our values.”

Despite the tense atmosphere in the team, Dennis is hopeful that both Alonso and Hamilton will see out their multi-year contracts.

“We have two drivers who are contracted for several years into the future,” he said.

“We will respect our part of that bargain and that part of the situation.

“We hope that the drivers respect theirs because that's what a contract is about.”