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  1. aquapuss

    aquapuss Formula 3

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    #1 aquapuss, Feb 4, 2010
    These are excerpts from an interview Flavio gave to RAI a couple of days ago. These loose translations were sent to me by an associate who is fluent in Italian. I haven't seen this on the net yet.

    - If I had to choose right now, I'd choose Alonso. Especially now, Alonso is the best possible choice for Ferrari.

    - Schumacher was an extremely good driver with Benetton but he became prone to mistakes after that. Alonso makes no mistakes.

    - Although the car is important, I know that if Ferrari happened to be 2-3 tenths slower than, say McLaren, Alonso can zero out the difference.

    - I think it is going to be hard for Schumacher. He's already 41 years old, after all, and at that age it is not enough to hide your grey hair with hair color.

    Although I'm still no great fan of Alonso I cannot dismiss these comments from my second most favorite Italian motorsports personality.
     
  2. Far Out

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    #2 Far Out, Feb 4, 2010
    Yeah, it COMPLETELY went downhill for Schumacher after he left Briatores's team... :rolleyes: Is his lifelong ban still in place? ;)
     
  3. rmani

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    #3 rmani, Feb 4, 2010
    i like flavio a lot, but it's no secret he's boys with alonso. we'll know for real in 35 days
     
  4. jknight

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    #4 jknight, Feb 4, 2010
    who really cares what Flavio says??? shouldn't he be busy learning about child rearing or something?

    Carol
     
  5. barbazza

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    #5 barbazza, Feb 4, 2010
    He's just trying to woo Alonso back as a management client now that his ban was overturned... ;)
     
  6. Bas

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    #6 Bas, Feb 4, 2010
    everyone knows briatore was pissed when schumacher left too Ferrari.

    no idea why not when Alonso went to mclaren, but it happened.
     
  7. Ferraripilot

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    #7 Ferraripilot, Feb 4, 2010
    all fluff
     
  8. racerx3317

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    #8 racerx3317, Feb 4, 2010
    Because at the time, Renault wasn't saying whether they were committing to F1 or not. By the time they made up their minds, Alonso was gone.

    BTW Flavio is right, remember all the time MS went off when under no pressure? Alonso doesn't do such things.
     
  9. PSk

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    #9 PSk, Feb 4, 2010
    Agree, except every year Alonso has one bad race.

    The guys on this site will not remember 96, 97, 98 and 99 ... so many sily mistakes by MS, but also so many amazing races.
    Pete
     
  10. zaevor2000

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    #10 zaevor2000, Feb 4, 2010
    What else did you expect Alonso's long time Manager (Briatore) to say? Let's not forget that he was getting a slice of Alonso's pie for many years...

    I agree with others. His comments on MS come off as "sour grapes" to many. He certainly thought the world of MS when MS was winning championships for him ;)
     
  11. racerx3317

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    #11 racerx3317, Feb 5, 2010
    Too right Pete,

    I'd rather have one bad race than go off for no reason several times, he was just lucky to get away with it. I don't think it's sour grapes with Flav, he's just speaking what he feels. I'm sure he's not the only F1 insider that feels that way.
     
  12. Mr Payne

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    #12 Mr Payne, Feb 8, 2010
    Probably a little truth, probably a little fabrication.

    I was take what these guys say with a grain of salt, they are always working their own angles.
     
  13. oss117

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    #13 oss117, Feb 8, 2010
    + 1 !!
     
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    #14 porscheracer01, Feb 8, 2010
    +1.. the legend is back! Shumi is the BOSS
     

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