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Any idea which drivers have a setup for a dry race? You don't hear things like that on the track. And what happend to Grosjean? Bad first lap and couldn't improve becouse of more rain?

so the guy bitching the most about the conditions takes the pole? Heh

I don't. Alonso is a great driver, he has amazing skills, but his attitude has become too arrogant over the years, I used to like him a long time ago, back in 2003, but he started showing his real face when Trulli was beating him in Renault and he couldn't deal with that and together with Briatore found a way to kick Trulli out of Renault. Alonso is like a spoiled child, he wants everything to be his way, he wants the team to do everything in his favour, he tried that at McLaren and failed big time. At Renault again, all the manipulation involving Piquet's crash at Singapore, it was ridiculous for Alonso to be involved in such thing, like I said, he is a great driver, he don't need to cheat, but he did cheated. And as if its not enough, he complains about everything. I remember when Petrov hold him for the whole race in Abu Dhabi and he was complaining about and cursing Petrov. Petrov was doing his race, they were fighting for a position, he was not a lapped car, he didn't had to let anyone pass. But like I said, Alonso is like a spoiled child. But I know how to separate things, Alonso is a great driver, talented and complete, he can do races that nobody could expect. But his attitude destroys everything and I think much of that he "learned" from his relation with Briatore.

Firstly, Trulli was sacked in 2004, not 2003.

Secondly, he never even got close to Alonso, who scored 55 points to Trulli's 33 in 2003, and Alonso was ahead despite Trulli fluking a win at Monaco in 2004 when Trulli was booted.

Thirdly, he never had anything to do with Piquet's crash, and won the next race on merit anyway. He never cheated, it was Bell and Briatore who were indicted for that. He was never involved, it was Piquet's idea from the beginning.

Fourthly, he joined McLaren probably under the proviso he would be number 1 in the team, and when Lewis started winning a bit, McLaren through all their effort behind Lewis despite the two being 50-50 for most of the year.

Fifthly, Alonso has the right to be annoyed at Petrov at Abu Dhabi, there was a tiny little thing they were racing for called the Formula 1 world championship that was on the line, Petrov (I'd argue to the track, but anyway) was the primary reason he lost the championship. He sorta has the right to complain as it cost him and his team millions and millions of dollars. Webber spent the whole race behind stuck cars, he was probably highly annoyed as well, but just didn't show it (publicly).

Now I have became an Alonso fanboy this year, I hate almost all Spanish sportspeople. But Alonso is leading a championship in a car most pundits said wouldn't even get a sniff of a podium. I am not trying to change your opinion of him, but a lot of the "attitude" issues you hate about him have quite irrational explanations, or, as I pointed out with the first 3, were based on incorrect facts. As webbsy said, many of the personality traits have been behind the best drivers. Senna, Prost both had the attitude traits you mentioned. They have 7 championships between them and are 2 of the top 5 drivers who have existed.

Red Bull under investigation by the FIA for what is basically illegal off throttle blowing of the diffuser

Autosport tweeting that Red Bull will be sent to the back.

There goes this motor race.