Autosport.com is reporting that Fernando Alonso says he is aiming to spring a surprise at the Monaco Grand Prix, despite admitting that his Renault team are behind the top three squads.
The Spanish driver has won at the principality for the last two years, although this season his chances look a lot slimmer as Renault have [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that Nelson Piquet has been told he must improve his results as quickly as possible if he is to stave off question marks about his future in Formula One.
The Brazilian has had a difficult start to the 2008 campaign and, in particular, has struggled to make an impact in the past two [...]

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The Renault appeared much quicker at this weekends Spanish Grand Prix, even when taking into account the lighter fuel load. Autosport.com is reporting that Renault’s director of engineering Pat Symonds says the French squad have gained three tenths of a second on the leading team following the introduction of several new components ahead of [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that bringing Fernando Alonso to Ferrari to partner world champion Kimi Raikkonen would not be desirable, team president Luca di Montezemolo said on Tuesday.Alonso denied this month that he had an escape clause in his contract with struggling Renault that might allow him to leave for Ferrari at the end of the [...]

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Formula 1.com is reporting that McLaren have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton’s front wing broke immediately prior to his running into the rear of Fernando Alonso’s Renault on lap two of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
The unusual nature of the accident - both drivers were accelerating on a straight section of track - prompted cynics to question [...]

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Formula1.com has a good article on Alonso and his return to Renault this year. The last time Fernando Alonso started a Formula One season behind the wheel of a Renault, he did so on a high.
Twenty four months later and Alonso’s prospects for the season ahead look far less rosy.

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It has been an interesting pre-season this year with a number of teams talking up their chances. Williams has contunially been talking about how good their car is this season with Sam Michaels, Patrick Head, and even Frank Williams talking about their chances. Given they have a very good driver in Nico Rosberg, maybe things [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Nelsinho Piquet is not expecting his Renault team to be able to win races under normal circumstances in the early part of 2008.
Renault, who endured a poor 2007 season with just one podium finish in 17 races, have been far from the pace of the leading Ferrari and McLaren teams during [...]

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Pitpass.com is reporting that Alonso was talking to Renault about a return last March. This is before we knew how good Hamilton was going to be, before the rift started with McLaren, and before the spy issues. Interesting.

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As reported at Autosport.com, Renault’s new R28 ran in public for the first time on Monday morning, with two-time champion Fernando Alonso completing its first lap at the Valencia circuit.
Alonso, rejoining Renault after a year at the McLaren team, had to wait a few hours before he was able to take to the track, which [...]

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