Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 rumor of the day - Alonso to Ferrari for $40 million

[Steve Jenkins (steve]

This does NOT make me happy. 

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From: Dennis Liu [mailto:bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:49 AM
To: Steve Jenkins
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] F1 rumor of the day - Alonso to Ferrari for $40 million


http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/irony-alonso-to-ferrari-for-40-million
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Irony: Alonso to Ferrari for $40 million 

Posted on 09.24.2007 11:00 by Ralph Kalal
Filed in: Ferrari Mclaren

News of the World, a British tabloid, is reporting that Fernando Alonso, the
two-time world driving champion who stuck a knife in his team's back before
the FIA, will be driving next year for Ferrari, at a price of $40 million a
year. Perhaps the transition will be easier for Alonso, as he's already
familiarized himself with some of the secret characteristics and design
features of Ferrari.
 
It was Alonso, now with McLaren, who brought the heavens crashing down on
that team, according to reports from last week. Alonso threatened that he
would reveal incriminating emails to the FIA if team manager Ron Dennis
refused to name Alonso the number one driver on the team. Dennis, either in
an act of honesty or a move to preempt Alonso, informed the FIA himself.
That brought about the renewed hearings that resulted in draconian penalties
against McLaren, but not even a lash with a wet noodle in the direction of
Alsonso, who stands a good chance of winning the driver's title again.
 
The open seat at Ferrari is Fillipe Massa's: he's going to Toyota, according
to reports. Massa is said to be eager to leave Ferrari because he believes
that team manager Jean Todt is going to lose an internal power struggle and
be forced out in favor of former Ferrari designer Ross Brawn. Todt's son is
Massa's manager.
 
Given Alonso's role in the scandal that has pitted Ferrari against McLaren
in litigation for much of the season and continues to embroil McLaren
officials in Italian legal proceedings, it is regrettable that Alonso has
escaped penalty only to end up being paid $40 million by the team that
benefited most from his betrayal of his current team. 
 
At least, Ferrari should know what it's getting.

Source: Internal

 

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