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Fernando Alonso paid tribute to the "passion" of his Ferrari team after clinching their first race win of the season at the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard dominated after taking advantage of a pit-stop problem for Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who finished second ahead of team-mate Mark Webber. "The big thing about Ferrari is the passion, the victory and the love for victory," said Alonso. "I knew we had enough pace to fight for the victory and it came." Early in the race the Red Bulls appeared to be making the best of the half-wet, half-dry track - and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton also fared better than Alonso, the Briton overtaking for third place on lap 15. But as the track dried out, Alonso came into his own and regained third spot from Hamilton nine laps after conceding the position. Two laps later Alonso was handed the lead, passing Vettel in the pits as the German was held up when his pit crew struggled to fit a rear tyre. Continue reading the main story All we can do is try to win every race, be aggressive and keep our strategy at the maximum Fernando Alonso "We struggled when it was wet, but we got quicker as the track dried out," said Alonso. "We stayed calm and we knew our opportunity would come later in the race. After passing Lewis Hamilton, I attacked the Red Bulls. "I saw the problem in the pit stop with Sebastian and we were in the lead at that moment, but who knows what might have happened after that. "I had to keep the car on the track and away from the grass, to not make any mistakes." Before Sunday's race at Silverstone, Alonso drove the car that, in 1951, took Jose Froilan Gonzalez to Ferrari's first British Grand Prix victory. "The British Grand Prix is a special event for every driver competing in F1, we know the history of this race, a special grand prix and I had the privilege to drive the Froilan car that was the first Ferrari win in F1," said the Spaniard. "Today we won in the same circuit with the same passion, the same group of people who work for this fantastic team." Alonso's victory means he leapfrogs McLaren pair Hamilton and Jenson Button to go third in the drivers' championship. While conceding the 93-point gap to leader Vettel remains a distant target, Alonso vowed not to give up the fight. "From now on we will challenge Red Bull all the way," he said. "All we can do is try to win every race, be aggressive and keep our strategy at the maximum."

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Fernando Alonso won ice races in both karts and Fiat 500s as Ferrari and Ducati's week-long Wrooom festivities came to an end at Italy's Madonna di Campiglio ski resort this evening. The ice racing event has become a traditional conclusion to Wrooom, and this year was a two-leg contest that started in karts. Alonso led a Ferrari Formula 1 team one-two ahead of Felipe Massa in this race, with Ducati's Nicky Hayden third. His new MotoGP team-mate Valentino Rossi was fifth, behind Ferrari protege Jules Bianchi, but ahead of the team's other test drivers Marc Gene and Giancarlo Fisichella. Alonso was unbeatable again when the field switched to the small Fiat saloons, as this time Ducati duo Hayden and Rossi completed the podium. The evening also saw outgoing Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer make his final appearance for the team by demonstrating a 2009 Ferrari F1 car on the frozen lake using studded tyres. source http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/88936

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Fernando Alonso underlined his status as Singapore's Prince of Darkness, by winning the night-time grand prix for the second time in three years and edging closer to leader Mark Webber in the F1 championship. - 0 Related Links * Alonso wins in Singapore * Korean GP could be cancelled The Spaniard steered his Ferrari to victory in punishing conditions on the twisty street circuit to edge out the snarling Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Webber. The win allowed Alonso to leapfrog last year's winner Lewis Hamilton - who failed to finish the race after a collision with Webber - into second place in the drivers' championship, 11 points behind Australian Webber. Within seconds of taking the chequered flag he was cranking up the psychological warfare with just four races remaining in the 2010 season. "We are in a sport where you cannot be 100 percent fit and focused for all the races, all the months - so we go up and down," the Spaniard said. "We can say that now, at this point, I am at a peak, 100 percent motivated. It is good to be at this point now. "This year it feels for me the championship has just started so I am very happy. "It seems we can be competitive on any track. So let's see in the remaining races. And 'Forza Ferrari'." Prior to the race Alonso had rated his chances of winning the championship as '50-50'. "I can win, or I can not win," he smiled enigmatically, before revisiting the theme with yet more statistics. "We are five drivers," he said, referring to the two he shared Sunday's podium with plus McLaren pair Hamilton and Jenson Button. "Around 20 percent chance all of us. Maybe Mark a little bit in front, because he is leading. "It remains very tight. Mark is still first with some margin, so... for the others we need to keep catching. For sure we will do our best -- we don't know if it will be enough. We hope so but people can be sure we (Ferrari) will fight 100 percent to the end." Alonso's confident demeanour betrayed the twice champion's diplomacy and with a glint he added: "Anything can happen in these four races. Any of us can win two or three consecutive races. "Or you have two or three retirements and you are off the championship. It will depend all on these four races. Hopefully with no mistakes, high concentration, we keep momentum in Japan." The circuit moves to Suzuka next followed by South Korea, Brazil and the finale in Abu Dhabi in November. Source http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/260920...so-m-peak.html

Fernando Alonso controversially led a Ferrari one-two at the German Grand Prix after Felipe Massa was given coded orders to let his team-mate past. Red Bull's Sebastien Vettel was third at his home Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 5.1 seconds adrift of the Spaniard. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button never threatened the leaders but Hamilton's fourth-place finish means he still leads the drivers standings. Mark Webber was one place off Button in sixth for Red Bull after oil problems. The result was a first one-two for Ferrari since the first race of the season in Bahrain but Alonso's victory was soured by the coded team orders with 18 laps to go. Massa, who trailed his Spanish team-mate by 31 points prior to the race, was told by Ferrari chief engineer Rob Smedley over team radio: "Alonso is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?" - to which he responded by letting Alonso through on Turn Six moments later. Following the move, Smedley added: "Good lad. Just stick with it now, sorry." The controversy marred what was in-fact a dominant display by the Ferrari's as the Italian team were consistently quicker than their rivals. Massa took advantage of a battle between Alonso and Vettel to take the lead at the start but on lap 21 the Ferrari pair traded places on Turn Six before Massa regained the lead - resulting in Alonso saying on team radio, "this is ridiculous". But ultimately, one year to the day since Massa fractured his skull during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix - victory was taken from the 29-year-old. Elsewhere, the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished in sixth and ninth place respectively while Robert Kubica finished seventh for Renault with his team-mate Vitaly Petrov completing the top ten.

MANAMA, March 14 (Reuters) - Fernando Alonso won the season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix and led a Ferrari one-two in a dream debut with the Italian glamour team on Sunday. In a strength-sapping race led for 34 of the 49 laps by Germany

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Felipe Massa insists he is not worried that Fernando Alonso is set to arrive at Ferrari and assume a Michael Schumacher-style 'number 1' role. He told Brazil's Jovem Pan FM radio that while he considers fellow 28-year-old Alonso a "great driver" and "one of the best in formula one", he is not worried about having to play second fiddle. "Whoever comes to Ferrari is always going to be a very strong driver, because they (Ferrari) always have the best ones," said Massa, who next March will return from a more than seven month grand prix absence due to injuries sustained in Hungary this year. Since becoming a race driver at the famous Maranello based team in 2006, he has been teammate to the highly rated Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen. "(In 2010) I will do as I always have done: try to win," said Felipe Massa. "The work within a team is always collective. Schumacher carried a great influence at Ferrari because he earned it. He arrived, worked and created a competitive team. To have that position you have to work hard and achieve results," Felipe Massa added. source http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/form...ri?artid=113169

Biography Brought into this world on July 29, 1981, in Oviedo, Spain, Fernando Alonso was born to compete. His father, Jos Luis Alonso, had always longed to be a go-kart driver and tried to pass this passion on to his two children. First, he built a kart for his 8-year-old daughter Lorena, but she never got into the sport. As a result, the kart was passed on to 3-year-old Fernando, who immediately took to racing. young fernando alonso learns to race During the first two years of driving the kart, Fernando and his family thought of it as just a game, something the young boy would do to pass time and amuse himself. At 6 years old, however, Jos began to notice his son's aptitude for racing, and so he fine-tuned the kart to get it ready for competitions. By 1988, Alonso had begun dominating the junior kart leagues, going from circuit to circuit on the weekends and after school. fernando dominates in catalan championship By the time he was 12, Fernando's budding career as a kart driver had become so serious that his family could no longer afford to send him to races far away from their home, or even afford the materials required by Fernando's more powerful cars. Thus, the Alonsos sought support and, after Fernando dominated a race in the Catalan Championship, they found a team willing to take on the young driver. From then on, Alonso graduated to more serious racing as IAME -- a famous world karting name -- took charge of his career. Alonso won the Junior Spanish Championship in 1994 and then began traveling throughout Europe, competing in ultra-competitive karting leagues. To offset the cost of his travels (despite the help from IAME), Alonso earned cash as a mechanic for drivers even younger than himself. fernando alonso moves to formula nissan In 1996, Alonso became the World Junior Karting champion after taking home several wins, and then won the Spanish and Italian legs of the championship the following year. In the meantime, former Formula 1 driver Adrian Campos had taken notice of Alonso's talents and gave the lad a chance to graduate to Formula 1 racing. By 1998, Fernando got a handle on racing with gear shifting and, in 1999, he graduated to the Formula Nissan circuit. fernando alonso with astromega Amazingly, it took no time for Alonso to learn the ropes of Formula Nissan, and he quickly dominated race after race. He won the league championship in his first year, and his managers decided to elevate him to the next step, Formula 3000, by 2000. With the Astromega team, Alonso accomplished and learned a lot, though he did not dominate as he had in previous leagues. Still, his performance in 2000 was enough to allow him to move on to Formula 1, the world stage of racing. fernando alonso races for minardi Debuting with Minardi in 2001, Fernando Alonso became the third-youngest driver in Formula 1 history to start a race when he made his debut at the Australian Grand Prix. Though Alonso did not earn any points during his rookie season, he showed promise, as he occasionally outraced opponents who had the privilege of driving superior cars. fernando alonso sets records with renault After paying his dues with Minardi, Alonso moved on to the Renault team. As the French F1 team already had two established drivers in its lineup, Alonso became a test driver in 2002. Renault groomed Alonso to become its top driver, which is what he became the following year. That season, Fernando showed flashes of brilliance, becoming the youngest pole winner ever at the Malaysian Grand Prix and the youngest winner ever at the Hungarian Grand Prix. After reaching the podium four times, Alonso finished an impressive sixth overall at the end of the season. Though he did not win any races in 2004, Alonso one-upped himself by finishing fourth overall in the standings, again reaching four podiums. Renault was poised to improve its overall performance in 2005 and so, with a determined Alonso leading the way, the team immediately made its imprint as Alonso emerged victorious in the second and third races of the season. fernando alonso wins points and grand prix Fans worldwide have recognized Alonso's skills and as such, "Alonsomania" has swept over Spain and other parts of Europe. And Fernando hasn't let his ever-growing fan base down, he continued to dominate during the 2005 season and went on to become the youngest champion in F1 history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWRvhA0YPgY so this is the translation from italian: from 1:19 Alonso: You did it on purpose!You broke my deflector! Massa.f--k you! Alonso: Go to watch from the video! Massa:f--k you!You win and you say something like this!You're an idiot! Massa:you win and you say something like this!you win and you say something like this! Alonso:You wanted to provoke the beat!This can not be done! Alonso:this can not be done! Massa: Try to learn! Alonso:You try to learn! Massa:try to learn! Massa:I did it on purpose, eh?!Like Barcellona at first corner,even there I did it on purpose!(sarcastically). Alonso:yes!At barcellona you did it on purpose! Massa:Very good!Learn, learn! the end

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Fernando Alonso, the Spanish double world champion, has denied all knowledge of the Renault

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Exclu...icle154499.html Penny Lane must have seemed a million miles away from Madrid to the young Spanish schoolboy. So too, the