My fellow F1 armchair pundits here at DPNow are aware of my views on Fernando Alonso, so I won't go into another in-depth rant. However I came across this article today, and I quickly realised that it served to confirm much of what I'd said in the past about the dour, diminutive Spaniard...
His petulant display is nothing new; he's thrown his toys out of the pram many times in the past and then made silly mistakes on the track. What galls me is that he appears to be confusing Hamilton's vastly superior talent and maturity with a fictional situation in which McLaren are giving the bulk of their support and resources to Lewis, while he has to get by on his ability and luck.
If I was Ron today, I'd be calling the spoilt little git into my office for a few words and possibly even a slap - I mean, Alonso is being paid millions for his decent-but-nevertheless-hardly-class-leading services, while Lewis is just enormously grateful to be racing for a top team and a relatively modest fee. And unlike Alonso, he performs consistently and at the highest levels, while his more experienced team-mate does not. Most odd...
It's funny that Schuey attracted so much aggro from the media for his alleged poor sportsmanship and intolerance of a strong team-mate, when in fact it's always been obvious to me that it's Alonso who's a miserable, unsporting and arrogant individual. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see what transpires...
His petulant display is nothing new; he's thrown his toys out of the pram many times in the past and then made silly mistakes on the track. What galls me is that he appears to be confusing Hamilton's vastly superior talent and maturity with a fictional situation in which McLaren are giving the bulk of their support and resources to Lewis, while he has to get by on his ability and luck.
If I was Ron today, I'd be calling the spoilt little git into my office for a few words and possibly even a slap - I mean, Alonso is being paid millions for his decent-but-nevertheless-hardly-class-leading services, while Lewis is just enormously grateful to be racing for a top team and a relatively modest fee. And unlike Alonso, he performs consistently and at the highest levels, while his more experienced team-mate does not. Most odd...

It's funny that Schuey attracted so much aggro from the media for his alleged poor sportsmanship and intolerance of a strong team-mate, when in fact it's always been obvious to me that it's Alonso who's a miserable, unsporting and arrogant individual. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see what transpires...

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