This is from the man himself at the Thursday press conference
Q: Fernando, apart from the tyre issue, there were a lot of rumours this week about your bad mood; you were quoted as criticising the team, accusing them of boycotting you and I read too that you were angry with Fisichella because he couldn?t help you in a proper way. May I have some clarification about that?
FA: No, not a problem at all with anybody. I think all the rumours I think? Also there is a funny story from Germany that Fisichella was going to Michael?s party after the race and Fisichella was there and I was angry with him and the team. There are always rumours that they try to put there but there is nothing true. What I felt there is that maybe I had a problem with the car that was a specific problem for ten laps, nine, eight or whatever, and probably I felt alone, for sure. I was first and my team mate was second and they came to me, they overtook me and they were gone. And after, when I recovered the pace, they were too far (ahead), and for sure it is like you are in the Tour de France in the mountains, climbing, you have a puncture or whatever and your team and your rival has gone uphill with no stops. That was a little bit difficult to understand
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Q: (Jon McEvoy ? The Daily Mail) Fernando, you said you felt a little bit alone ? in what way?
FA: Well, you know, I had two difficult moments this year, one in Indianapolis, where I was not competitive, and one in China, where for 10 laps I was completely off the pace and losing four seconds a lap and, you know, these two moments, maybe, in my opinion, in team play, maybe, I should have had more help.
Q: (Jon McEvoy ? The Daily Mail) How could they have helped you?
FA: I don?t know. I don?t know. I fight with Fisichella in the last corner, Turn 14, once and he overtook me and I overtook him again because he went a little bit longer and these things, these risky moments ? Three races to win the championship? your team mate is a little bit ? (It?s) not good enough, I think.
Q: (Livio Oricchio ? O Estado de Sao Paulo) We read on the internet in the last few days that Jean Todt said that he realised what are the rules of the game when Fisichella pulled the car side by side with you and Michael could not overtake you and him. And he said maybe it is not a normal manoeuvre. What do you think about it?
FA: I think he did in this lap good enough because I don?t know what he means ? Fisichella tried to overtake me and the cars (being) side by side on the straight was to overtake me, so there was not any team play ? even the opposite.
Q: (Ed Gorman ? The Times) Fernando, do you still believer that there are people within the Renault Formula One team who don?t want you to win the drivers? championship?
FA: All the team, all the people, are really focussed for the championship and anyway we have been leading both championships all season nearly and now the last two races all the people is motivated and the atmosphere inside the team is just super and it?s the last two races of me in the team as well and every single person in the team is just focussed on the championship.
Q: (Ed Gorman ? The Times) But you did say, or appeared to say, exactly that in China ? that there were people in the team who you believed did not want you to win the drivers? championship, but that they do want to win the Constructors??
FA: No, not? For sure, for the team, (it) is more important the constructors, but they want to win them both. For sure?
There is a lot more you can read at
http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_In ... conf1.html
Some media people just like to highlight the negatives.
Alonso speaks his mind and tells it straight. I thought we all want that but people are weird, they will critisize someone for anything
Alonso is just too good, the team knows that to win the Constructors they need him. He will prevail
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