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He won two championships with the Renault team and finished only second with McLaren in the driver's championship. McLaren, a team accused and convicted of racing espionage this past year; a team with a very young hot-shot driver; a team with a hot-headed boss, was apparently not the team for Fernando Alonso.
So Fernando is back at Renault. He'll be paid handsomely. $50,000,000 per year is rumoured, just below the price Ferrari pays for current world champ Kimi Raikkonen. Curiously, but not surprisingly, Fernando's deal with Renault has an out-clause and a low level of obligation toward sponsors. He did, after all, prove to be a bit of a recluse this past year, struggling even to speak to teammate Lewis Hamilton.
After Alonso's Renault departure, the team struggled but did come on a little stronger at the end of the '07 season. Fernando will be driving alongside Nelson Piquet Jr. Recognize the name? Nelson Sr. is a three-time world champ. His last race win was in 1991 in Canada.
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He won two championships with the Renault team and finished only second with McLaren in the driver's championship. McLaren, a team accused and convicted of racing espionage this past year; a team with a very young hot-shot driver; a team with a hot-headed boss, was apparently not the team for Fernando Alonso.So Fernando is back at Renault. He'll be paid handsomely. $50,000,000 per year is rumoured, just below the price Ferrari pays for current world champ Kimi Raikkonen. Curiously, but not surprisingly, Fernando's deal with Renault has an out-clause and a low level of obligation toward sponsors. He did, after all, prove to be a bit of a recluse this past year, struggling even to speak to teammate Lewis Hamilton.
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After Alonso's Renault departure, the team struggled but did come on a little stronger at the end of the '07 season. Fernando will be driving alongside Nelson Piquet Jr. Recognize the name? Nelson Sr. is a three-time world champ. His last race win was in 1991 in Canada.
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According to Fernando Alonso, if his team can make a two and a half second gain next season, they'll go back to winning Grand Prix races. Read more »...
- Raikkonen Returns To Ferrari On A 2 Year Deal, Lotus F1 Team Reacts With Wicked Tweet
In a rather surprising move, Ferrari has announced that Kimi Raikkonen will replace Felipe Massa starting next season at the Prancing Horse. The Finn will therefore have Fernando Alonso as teammate, with the Spaniard likely to lose his No. 1 status in...
- Formula 1: Carscoop’s Preview Of The 2012 Season
When the red lights go out at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday (17:00 local time, 06:00 GMT), it will not only mark the start of the 28th Australian Grand Prix but of the 2012 Formula 1 season as well. It will also mark the first...
- F1: Ferrari's Montezemolo Expects More Wins This Season
Ferrari president, Luca di Montezemolo, has stated that he expects the Scuderia to win more races this season. And this despite the fact that in the 11 first races of the year they have won only once, with Fernando Alonso in the British Grand Prix at...
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Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011,...