Has Alonso learned to be a team player?

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Has Alonso learned to be a team player?

Yes, he learned from 2007 at McLaren
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19%
No, this is just PR bull manure from Ferrari to make him look better
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I don't care either way
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Well, after all he didn't attack Massa at all in Australia and Malaysia.
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WhiteBlue
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With a little more robust defense from Massa the Chinese pit entry could have been a double zero point finish for Ferrari. I bet Domenicali must have been having kittens.
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mep
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Such a hillarious move by Alonso, I just wonder what Massa thought.
Well Massa is a really kind guy. I think it takes quite long until he will get angry I guess everybody else would make a big drama.
Maybe except Kimi who just doesn't give a --- about annything.

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Miguel wrote:Well, after all he didn't attack Massa at all in Australia and Malaysia.
I think he was trying to start with the right foot.

He is not a team player and I think its OK not being one.

If not, name a multiple WDC that was a team player...
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Mr Alcatraz
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Belatti wrote:
Miguel wrote:Well, after all he didn't attack Massa at all in Australia and Malaysia.
I think he was trying to start with the right foot.

He is not a team player and I think its OK not being one.

If not, name a multiple WDC that was a team player...
Yea', that! :-"



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strategic error by massa , too much a team player
double DNF for ferrari , and all alonso's fault
imagine it had been the other way around , what would alonso have done ?
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Blame Hamilton.
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Jon
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Belatti wrote: He is not a team player and I think its OK not being one.

If not, name a multiple WDC that was a team player...
That's easy: Alain Prost.

vall
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What a "team player" means? Seriously, this term has been used a lot and there should be a clear definition what "team player" in F1 means (any tread on that?)?

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jon-mullen
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Alonso wrote:
...but instead we’re just losing time with polemics, where there is nothing to say. ...
Is that word more common in the romance languages than it is in English or does Alonso have a writer on retainer? Or is he just that good? 8)
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jddh1
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jon-mullen wrote:
Alonso wrote:
...but instead we’re just losing time with polemics, where there is nothing to say. ...
Is that word more common in the romance languages than it is in English or does Alonso have a writer on retainer? Or is he just that good? 8)
it's a word used a lot in italian actually.

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jon-mullen
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Ah, that's what I figured, grazie.
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Polemica is also used a lot in Spanish. Same meaning and spelling in Italian and Spanish.
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Jon wrote:
Belatti wrote: He is not a team player and I think its OK not being one.

If not, name a multiple WDC that was a team player...
That's easy: Alain Prost.
Hahaha!

No, seriously!
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outer_bongolia
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After four races, I think he did not learn anything from Macca experience. FA is a good driver, but also a d*ck of a comparable scale.

I don't think MS was ever as bad as him - given he didn't need to since team orders took care of that part.

At some point Ferrari will need to start worrying about Massa getting fed up and just allowing an accident. I'm pretty much sure we will see how he will react in the next few races, since I cannot fathom Alonso being a supportive team member. He will do something too aggressive and mess up Massa's race again. (...and again... and again... and again)

I remember Massa complaining about being the sidekick and never wanting to let that happen to him again. Let's see!
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