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F1: Briatore blasts F1 ‘show’

Mar.12 (GMM) Flavio Briatore has hit out at formula one by suggesting “any top driver” would have won last year’s title with the 2011 Red Bull.
“It’s only a real show now when it rains,” the former Renault team boss told Italy’s Sky Sport 24.
Briatore…

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F1: Vettel, Alonso cautious on 2012 title prospects

Feb.24 (GMM) F1 grandees Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso have refused to predict they will be in the running for this year’s world title.

Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari
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An early analysis of the winter test running in Spain m…

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F1: New Ferrari ’20pc ready’ after Jerez test – Alonso

Feb.13 (GMM) Fernando Alonso managed to brighten Ferrari’s spirits before the opening test of the 2012 test concluded.
His best time in Friday’s proceedings was set with soft tyres and still shy of the promising Lotus’ earlier pace, but it nonetheless…

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F1: Alonso gives Ferrari boost after worrying start

Feb.11 (GMM) Ferrari’s worrying start to the 2012 pre-season got a boost on Friday when Fernando Alonso topped the times in the famous team’s new car.
Earlier, when Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz was in the paddock, he wondered to Blick newspaper: “Wh…

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F1: Ferrari Jerez test day 4 report

Testing at the Jerez circuit – Alonso ends with a spurt. The Spaniard is quickest at Jerez

Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari
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Circuit: Jerez circuit – 4.428 kmDriver: Fernando AlonsoCar: Ferrari F2012Weather: air temperature -2/17 …

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F1: Briatore tips Alonso to win 2012 title

Fernando Alonso is unlikely to have the fastest car, but the 2012 Ferrari should be good enough for the Spaniard to win the title.
That is the claim of Flavio Briatore, the former Renault team boss who is still linked to former double world champion A…

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F1: Reporters scold foul-mannered Alonso

International reporters have scolded Fernando Alonso for his palpable bad mood during media activities at Ferrari’s pre-season event in the Italian Dolomites.
Britain’s Daily Mail described the Spaniard as being “decidedly tetchy” as he fielded journa…

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F1: Ferrari: Alonso a team player

The word team is one of the most frequently heard in Ferrari man Alonso’s vocabulary and today was no exception. “I have always stood up for the team, because when one is going through a difficult moment, as was the case last year, there is no point i…

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F1: Madonna di Campiglio – Ferrari gearing up for 2012 season

During Ferrari’s annual Vrooom days, a Press Ski Meeting organized at Madonna di Campiglio, a ski resort in the Italian Dolomites, it was time for Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali and Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo to look back at th…

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