With both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa contracted with Ferrari through next year, reports are circulating that the Scuderia may bring on board both Fernando Alonso and Robert Kubica for 2010.
After Kimi and Felipe, and with Lewis Hamilton firmly in place at McLaren, the pairing of Alonso and Kubica in Maranello would provide a formidable team against the rest of the field. Alonso, of course, is a two-time world champion and one of the only drivers to repeatedly beat Schumacher to the title, while Kubica has proven himself a competent driver of the highest degree. Whether the reports are accurate, and whether Ferrari would just dump Kimi and Felipe like that remains to be seen.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Shawn @ Aug 14th 2008 8:06AM
These rumours are months old, get with it AB! Read ITV-F1, grandprix.com, pitpass.com, etc etc etc...
Pdexter @ Aug 14th 2008 8:13AM
Well Kimi will most probally end he's career by him self by that time.... if he's stopping. Kimi did say that when he leaves Ferrari it will be end of he's career too.
Kimi's contract is to 2009 and Massa's till 2010.
Anyways F1 is full of rumours and this is just one of them, but i really don't believe at all that both drivers would be changed at the same time to Alonso and Kubica.
AC @ Aug 14th 2008 8:15AM
For both drivers i think the move will mostly depend on how competitive their respective teams are next season after all the regulation changes. Fernando moving is more likely as i see less potential for Renault to return to the head of the field. BMW however are more likely to benefit from the regulation changes, potentially giving Kubica the chance to compete for the title, negating the need to move to Ferrari.
What is interesting though is that they would be a good personality pairing at Ferrari, they get on well and both respect each other.
Pdexter @ Aug 14th 2008 8:26AM
Indeed. There will be some rather big changes for next year and who knows how will Mclaren vs Ferrari vs Honda vs BMW vs Renault perform and how does the drivers adjust to the new regulations.
Bert @ Aug 14th 2008 8:40AM
I hope that Kubica pulls another Hamilton on Alonso!
inteller @ Aug 14th 2008 9:13AM
Kubica yes, Alonso no. Renault can have him.
MikeInNC @ Aug 14th 2008 9:18AM
Put Kubica in a Ferrari and he'll be a handful for any teammate.
ken_aisin @ Aug 14th 2008 9:52AM
I would love to see these two at Ferrari. They are gonna bicker at each other like the way Alonso did with Hamilton and wreck the harmony at the Ferrari garage. Alonso's stinky ego needs to be paired with a no-name driver.
DjDATZ @ Aug 14th 2008 9:58AM
Hamilton is the ONLY driver I will personally accept at Ferrari.
Lester @ Aug 14th 2008 10:24AM
Unless things take a 180 performance wise for Massa, I can see him becoming Ferrari's Baricello, but more successful. Massa has his hardships, but I think he's been a great pace for the team and if it wasnt for the bad luck in Hungary he wouldnt be in the position he is in now. I also think if it came time for him to leave, he woud make a great asset to another top-tier team.
Logik @ Aug 14th 2008 8:19PM
All MAS needs is to be the #1 driver at Ferrari. Currently, he is not. Of course Ferrari, or any other team for that matter, will always say that "both drivers are equal." If not for the failure at Hungary, he would be ahead of RAI.
Franz @ Aug 14th 2008 10:42AM
Kubica would make Alonso's life miserable just like Lewis did... except for the fact that Ferrari has no qualms about designating a number one driver. But if Robert got out ahead of him, he could earn the top spot and leave Alonso languishing in his wake.
This is all interesting speculation, but I don't think Ferrari is ready for a driver change just yet. There is always the possibility of them buying out their current drivers contracts though. But make no mistake, Alonso & Kubica i@ Ferrari = very lethal combination.Can't stand Alonso though... big cry baby.
Mobius_1 @ Aug 14th 2008 11:02AM
Kubica and Alonso?
Yes and yes, if that is as good as it gets
Although ideally, it would be Hamilton and The Stig
Chris @ Aug 14th 2008 6:17PM
Hamilton IS the Stig...
Mobius_1 @ Aug 15th 2008 9:19AM
No he ain't, Hamilton isn't fast enough :P
tuna @ Aug 14th 2008 11:32AM
I call BS. Kubica is good, and he knows it. He'd be stupid to put himself in a situation where he could be stuck in the #2 seat for as many as 8 years. Wherever Alonso goes, the mess he helped to create at McLaren will go with him until he realizes that he can't be #1 all the time as long as there is another talented driver within the same team. Ferrari is not the sort of team that is so desperate to win that it will risk chaos to get it.
miklm @ Aug 14th 2008 12:01PM
No. Ferrari CANNOT have Kubica. I simply won't allow it. Kubica is a fan favorite at BMW and good for the team, and a good driver like him encourages the team to build a better car to keep their driver at the sharp end.
I'm a huge BMW Sauber fan and a huge Kubica fan, so I don't want him to go join those tifosi wankers from Italy!
Jared @ Aug 14th 2008 1:58PM
Kubica is not going anywhere. Hes guaranteed with BMW for a few more years.
I don't think Alonso will ever be in a Ferrari. I smell Rosberg in a Ferrari in 2010 if Williams doesn't improve.
pmiddle5 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:12PM
Idk if I expect Ferrari to keep being a competitive team honestly. Dont forget, they werent always the slayers which they currently are(more so were at this point)
4agze @ Aug 14th 2008 2:20PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not alonso pls.....Kubica yesssssssssss