Fernando Alonso affirms that he is passing the best period of his career and that hopes to win a lot of Formula One titles for Ferrari starting 2010.
After the two world titles won with Renault in 2005 and 2006, Alonso had three less efficacious seasons with McLaren (2007) and, again, with the French team that brought the Spanish driver fame.
Anyway, Fernando decided to make a step towards the most famous team in the Formula 1 world, and signed a contract and will drive for Ferrari F1 for at least three years. Alonso thinks that the move came at the time he is at the top of his driving career.
“I’m really looking forward to the start of next year. I’m joining the best team in the world, Ferrari, and I’m arriving at the best moment of my career. Right now I feel like I’ve never felt before. I think I’m at my
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Scuderia
There are a lot of rumors giving the Mercedes’ steering wheel in the hands of Michael Schumacher. The rumors began in the second half of November, this year: first he was removed from his Ferrari Formula 1 Team advisor role, then Eddie Jordan linked him with Merc, after that he came and denied the Mercedes interest. Now, guess what? There are rumors saying that Schuey will sign Mercedes team in the 2010 Formula 1 season.
Give me a break, it’s like we should just believe you, right. Anyway, the German newspaper Bild Zeitung said that Schumacher and his manager, Willi Weber and have a serious discussion about this subject.
Neither Schumacher or Mercedes denied the speculation linking the seven times Formula 1 Champion with the German team. The same German newspaper reports that Michael is going to meet his manager on Monday, nowhere but in Stuttgart, Germany and as a coincidence or not is the city that
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In the past weeks there were lots of rumors surrounding Michael Schumacher. Most of them were linking Shuey with the Mercedes Formula 1 Team, and it seems that all this cascade of rumors began when Ferrari announced, more or less officially, that Schumacher is no longer an advisor of the Ferrari F1 Team.
Now, it seems that the rumors continue, and getting closer to reality. In this battle of speculations there are two sides: one linking the German with Mercedes GP, the other one saying that he is staying with Ferrari.
Mercedes GP’s Team chiefs Nick Fry and Norbert Haug, on purpose or not, fanned the flames “omitting” to rule out the possibility of a deal between them and Michael Schumacher. Of course, Willi Weber, Shuey’s manager, helped the fog gather around this case.
Even so, Ross Brawn, Mercedes GP team principal, comes out twice and says that there is no way the retired seven times Formula
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It seems that Ferrari wants to return at the hypercars table and according to the international press it’s preparing the Ferrari F70, a model that competes with Lamborghini Reventon or even Veyron.
There are already 5 years since Ferrari Enzo left the supercars stage and Ferrari is kind of back footed on this market. But Scuderia is not wasting time and it’s preparing the next road and circuit rocket, called Ferrari F70, according to Autoexpress. The Brits say that this supercar will be the spiritual successor of Ferrari F40. The car will use turbo, just like his grandfather that broke some hearts back in 1987 when he first popped out. Rumor has it the this model will feature a Twin-Turbo V8 engine that develops over 650 HP.
You will say that the F70 stands no chance in front of the Veyron or Reventon with that kind of power under the hood, but the Brits also say that
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The “love-story” between Ferrari F1 and Michael Schumacher seems to have gotten to a dead end, the with German being sacked from his job as a consultant.
Even after he retired in 2006, Schumacher had an important role in the evolution of the F1 Team, redounding as a consultant for developing of the monoposts and as a council of his younger fellow drivers. According to “AS,” his role in the destiny of the Scuderia for the upcoming seasons have been canceled, the German’s involvement in the F1 Team’s strategy being almost zero in the coming years. Although it seems that there was a break between the two sides, this fact discloses that Schumacher have been given new tasks and that he was not fired.
To be more precisely, Schumy will only handle the street cars development, his motorsport attributions being canceled. Officially, this change was “caused” by Ferrari 458 Italia, a model where Michael brought his
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