Alonso, the confession of departure

Fernando Alonso at Ferrari, here is a scoop which is no longer a scoop as the Spanish driver has been announced, for several years, within the Team. But, this season, the rapprochement has been made and if the officialization has not been made at Monza, it is because things are still stuck due to the game of musical chairs between Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen. However, at Renault, we got used to the idea of ​​seeing his double world champion packing his bags.

« Fernando will always be part of the Renault family, declared Jean-François Caubet at the microphone of TF1 after the Grand Prix. We will miss him a lot, we will miss him but he will miss us too! He is truly a great champion. » The new general manager of Renault F1 Team, undoubtedly less accustomed to wooden language than its predecessor, openly acknowledged that Fernando Alonso would no longer be part of the ranks of the Renault team in the coming weeks.

Uncertainty had hovered for some time around the transfer of Fernando Alonso. While Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa have a contract with Ferrari for 2010, it was envisaged that the double world champion would stay one more year at Renault, to leave under better conditions next year. But in recent days, the clues have piled up. Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari, confirmed Felipe Massa in his seat this week, despite the Brazilian?s current unavailability. Conversely, Montezemolo did not indicate anything for the Finn, who is getting closer and closer, according to information from the paddock, towards a return to McLaren, for the formation of an explosive duo Hamilton-Räikkönen.