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But the fact that he's getting paid so much knowing full well that he is a flakey prima donna with insecurities kinda chaps my ass. He reminds me of Bono from that South Park episode about who could lay the biggest turd.

Here's to hoping Hamilton owns him at every venue next year.]]>Dec 10th 2007 7:03AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Dec 10th 2007 9:12AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/
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I suppose the good thing about this is that Kovalainen might get a chance at the remaining McLaren seat. That would rock.]]>Dec 10th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Dec 10th 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/
Sounds like the makings of a great season. I'm pulling for Hamilton. I think Massa will steal too many points from Raikkonen and Piquet Jr. will surprise Alonso at Renault.

If Alonso thought Hamilton was trouble, wait till he gets a load of the Brazilian, who's dad is a triple world champ and sure to teach his son some of the tricks that gave him a psychological advantage over Nigel Mansell. Mansell was no pushover, either, and as we've seen, Alonso is pretty fragile when it comes to dealing with strong teammates. Number one status or not, Alonso can be destabilised.

Of course, if Heikki goes to McLaren, he could possibly upset the cart there too. But I think Hamilton can withstand having a powerful teammate.]]>Dec 10th 2007 10:03AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Just because Hamilton had an incredible rookie season doesn't mean every rookie can beat Alonso now.]]>Dec 10th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Alonso is a top driver, he can develop cars and knows well how things at Renault work. And Renault has been developing their '08 car since mid-'07. They might be up there with McLaren and Ferrari already.
And we still have to see how good is Hamilton at making winning cars. We have seen that from Alonso twice.]]>Dec 10th 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/
And please stop defending McLaren, this is a team which always had fantastic drivers, no shortage of cash and yet hasn't done anything worthwhile since Mika won championship back in 1998. Ron Dennis is an arrogant psychopath who has never respected any of his drivers. He failed to control the situation between Senna and Prost, lost Senna to Williams in 1993, drove Hakkinen to near suicide (fortunately end result as a premature retirement), was behind the Montoya fiasco, and now Alonso. Let's not forget unreliable engines, horrid chassis, failed FIA crash tests. List goes on and on.

There are better styles of running a team and I think it'll start hurting McLaren as early as next year. Why? Well look at Brawn going to Honda, look at Newey at Red Bull, Renault should be back in action too. And of course, Ferrari.]]>Dec 10th 2007 10:11AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Dec 10th 2007 11:17AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/I hope he does well @ Renault again. The prospect of a 4 way fight for both the constructors and drivers championships is very intriguing.]]>Dec 10th 2007 12:33PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/
Hamilton almost worked everyone this year (too bad for a couple silly mistakes). I'm hopeful that this means MB/McLaren will give him a bit more attention from the get go this season, as he appeared to have to fight for it a bit last year.]]>Dec 10th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Don't worry, though. This is Hamilton's team now, for better or worse.]]>Dec 10th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/Dec 10th 2007 3:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/10/breaking-alonso-signs-with-renault/
While Nelson might not be Hamilton II, you cannot deny his pedigree. And if you think his old man is not teaching him his tricks, you're sadly mistaken.

I grant you have a point that Flavio will not let Piquet destabilise Alonso. However, what goes on behind closed doors will show up on the track. Piquet will not be a slouch. ]]>Dec 11th 2007 6:58PM