Alonso back to Renault
Fernando Alonso will race for Renault next season alongside Nelson Piquet Jr, it was confirmed on Monday 10 December 2007. The move is more or less expected thanks to the infamous experience in year 2007 with McLaren.
Renault will field with all new line up for the next season and leaves Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen without confirmed drives for 2008.
“I am delighted to be returning to Renault,” said Alonso. “This is the team where I grew up as a driver in Formula One. Now it is time for us to begin a new chapter together. I am very excited about working with this great team once more, and confident that together we can move back to the front of the field. Renault had a difficult year in 2007, but I know that the team has real strength in depth. I am confident they can produce a fast and competitive car and be back at the top in 2008.”
More report: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/12/7167.html
Filed under: F1 | Tagged: 2008, 2008 driver line up, Fernando Alonso, Renault
Well I’m glad it’s finally been confirmed. It’s been the ‘will he, won’t he’ saga of the last few weeks but I always thought he’d go back, just wondering how people feel he’ll cope with another hotly-tipped youngster in the shape of Piquet next season? His track record at ‘nurturing’ prodigies through isn’t the best, after all.