¿HASTA DONDE PUEDE LLEGAR ALONSO? Opciones

[revolutionman]

Hasta el infinito y mas allaaaaaá...!

Las cosas no son como empiezan, sino como terminan.
Pedro, siempre contigo.
�nimo Fernando! (que no corran que es peor)

[revolutionman]

Pues esto es lo que opina Gascoyne:
(extraido de www.news.bbc.co.uk)

"When Michael Schumacher first came into F1, it was obvious it was only a matter of time before he won a race, and it's the same with Fernando now," says Renault technical director Mike Gascoyne.

"It's hard to put your finger on it exactly. He's obviously blindingly quick. But a lot of people can drive a racing car quickly.

"The ones who are really good have ability to spare - it just comes naturally to them. And Fernando is like that."

That spare capacity was illustrated yet further in that same race in Malaysia.

His gearbox started to malfunction to the point that it would not change gear - a potentially terminal problem. But, Gascoyne says: "He worked out what to do to deal with it before we had the chance to tell him."

That is reminiscent of an incident that happened early in Michael Schumacher's career.

At the 1994 Spanish GP, the German's Benetton became stuck in fourth gear, but after a couple of laps off the pace Schumacher began lapping almost as quickly as before - and went on to finish second to Damon Hill.

"The good guys never need excuses about why they're off the pace because they never are," says Gascoyne.

"That's the big difference between them and the others. If a car is 0.2secs off the pace, some drivers will let it get to them and be a second slower. But Fernando would be exactly 0.2secs off for the whole race.

"You can't shout at him to go quicker, because he's always on the limit. And the mechanics worship him. If he crashes the car, they'd stay up all night over and over again to repair it if they had to because they know he'll go quick in it.



"The guys have seen all the whingers and they know the real deal when they see it."

All of which makes the fuss that surrounded Renault's decision last year to drop Jenson Button in favour of Alonso look a bit ridiculous.

But as Alonso heads into his home Grand Prix this weekend, he faces what could be the acid test of his potential.

In his own country, his performances have turned F1 from an unfashionable, almost unnoticed activity into something that makes national headlines.

Alonso appears to be taking it in his stride.

"I've got more interesting things to do than think about that," he says - but this is clearly an important weekend for him.

"It will be a measure of him," says Gascoyne. "If he sticks it on the podium or something in Barcelona with all the fuss that will be going on around him, and treats it like it is any other race, that's when you'll know he's really got it.

"And I think you'll see him breeze through the weekend as though it is at the Nurburgring, not in Spain.

"Fernando is definitely going to win world championships.

"I think Raikkonen could do a Mika Hakkinen, and win a couple of world championships when the car is good, but I don't think he'll be the bloke who wins a race when the car should not, like Michael can.

"But I think Fernando will. He's got that edge. Is Fernando a Schumacher? Yeah, I think he is."
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Más claro el agua, no?

Yo creo que están sometiendo a Alonso a la "última prueba", la prueba definitiva de que tiene madera de campeón: CONVIVIR CON LA PRESIÓN.

Sus objetivos para toda la temporada están cumplidos y sus jefes quieren ver ahora que no hay nada que perder, como rinde Alonso bajo presión; qué mejor oportunidad que en el GP de España! Y si no, no entiendo a qué vienen todas estas declaraciones, porque no creo que vayan a venderlo ahora y quieran promocionarlo, y en el mundo de la F1 nadie se sale de los tópicos -"estamos realmente impresionados con su trabajo..." o "estamos contentos de tener a Fernando con nosotros y confiamos plenamente en sus habilidades aunque aún tiene mucho que aprender..."- por gusto.

Las cosas no son como empiezan, sino como terminan.
Pedro, siempre contigo.
�nimo Fernando! (que no corran que es peor)