The 2005 Formula One season saw a new hero, Alonso, emerge victorious. This marked an end to the Schumacher era and it seemed that the French Renault had finally showed the Italian F1 giants (Ferrari) the door. I felt bad at the scarlet red's fade but it was nice to see an incredible new talent in Alonso. But I guess true colors are exposed only when in dire straits.
The 2006 season began as a continuation to the previous year. Alonso and Renault were back with a bang. It seemed that the prancing horse hadn't got an answer yet. But starting from the Indianapolis GP, things turned back into Ferrari's favor. Schu started winning races and started closing in on his rival. Evidently, the Ferrari had found their pace back and it was obvious that the rest of the season would have scarlet red painted all over it.
Now came the test to Alonso's temperament. I would have expected him to fight like a true warrior but that was not to be. There was this controversy surrounding Schumacher parking his car before the penultimate lap during qualification of the Monaco GP. Later, the race stewards penalised the Ferrari ace and he was moved down the grid. Schumi claimed that this was indeed an accident and he was sorry that it happened but there was our Alonso making hue and cry about the whole incident.
The next was the incident at Hungary when both Schumi and Alonso were penalised for their wrong moves during qualification. Though both drivers were equally unhappy and shocked by the penalities, Alonso's comments were disappointing. He criticised Schumacher's penalty as too lenient in comparison to his own. Well, is this sportsmanship?
The next incident of great disgrace came owing to Alonso getting penalised by race stewards for blocking Ferrari's Massa during the Monza qualification. It was argued that Alonso was not actually blocking Massa and his penalty was unfair. However, the decision of the stewards was final. But Alonso and Renault did not let this incident go. The team boss Briatore and Alonso made hideous statements that F1 is biased towards Ferrari and Schumacher. These scathing statements are tarnishing the image of F1.
Apart from all this, Alonso floated comments in the media that Schumi is F1's most unsporting driver. He maintains that FIA is biased even though FIA chose to pardon him for his stupid actions. Well, A good driver is choosing to take a plunge owing to his immaturity. I have heard that empty vessels make more noise. But, I did not expect such puerile behavior from a not so empty driver, Fernando Alonso.
I guess after all this the term 'cry baby' should be re-termed as 'Alonso'.
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I'm having a gut feeling that Alonso is turning out to be a better version of Juan Pablo.....
And anyways the King retires this season, so i dont think Alonso's gonna cry from next season, unless Kimi in Ferrari si going to pack a punch.....
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