The president of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, confirmed to the Italian press yesterday that Fernando Alonso will drive for Scuderia Ferrari sooner or later. Montezemolo, while not confirming anything, implied that it will not be for the 2010 season…<\/p>\n
Every end of the season, the debates are the same: “Will Alonso drive for Ferrari the following season?” The year 2009 is no exception, especially knowing that the Spaniard’s contract with Renault ends this season and the French team has not yet returned to its best level. However, some issues always hinder the transfer.<\/p>\n
The Spanish bank Santander \u2013 which has followed Alonso in F1 since his beginnings \u2013 has signed a contract with Ferrari for the next five seasons, thus insisting on bringing the Spaniard into the Italian ranks. However, Montezemolo confirmed that for now, he had too many drivers to give Alonso his chance.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Sooner or later, I will make this transfer possible. We will see when \u00bb, commented the president of Ferrari at Monza to Spanish and Italian journalists yesterday. \u00ab For next year, we already have R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Massa, Fisichella, Badoer, Gen\u00e9, and I hope Michael Schumacher. Our bench of substitutes is soon as long as that of Real Madrid… \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab We already have two champions in our lineup with the 2007 world champion [R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen] and the one who became world champion for 15 seconds in 2008 [Massa]\u2026 So we already have two extraordinary drivers. \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab The fact remains that I have always liked Alonso because he is a very good driver, whom I had already approached when he was at Minardi. He then won two titles, and I have always thought that sooner or later, all great drivers pass through Ferrari. It’s just an anecdote, but a few hours before his race in Imola, Ayrton Senna told me he wanted to end his career with Ferrari. It’s also the case for Prost, Lauda, Mansell, or Michael [Schumacher], so we will see. We still have time. \u00bb<\/p>\n
For information, Ayrton Senna raced for Williams-Renault in 1994. He died at Imola but was supposed to sign with Ferrari for the following season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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