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Formula 1 » Ferrari 'expected much more' from Alonso.

Tuesday, 24th June 2008

Fernando Alonso was the 'negative surprise' of the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours, Ferrari F1 test driver Marc Gené asserts, as a member of the double world champion's own team Renault questions his commitment.

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Meanwhile, there have been suggestions within Renault that perhaps the team's number one driver is not as fully committed to the cause as he might be, with mutual disenchantment rumoured to be setting in on both sides.

German newspaper FAZ quotes one engineer as saying: “Fernando thinks only about Fernando. [In Canada] he wasn't even at the after-race briefing.”

Those claims, however, received short shrift from the French concern's executive director of engineering Pat Symonds, who urged: “The bottom line is that we are the best choice for him. If he would drive with us out of this crisis, he would be a hero.”

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