Martin de Miguel Rookie

Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: The City Posts: 93

I was wondering why there is so much hype about Fernando Alonso and I have been doing a little bit of research about it.

Not to bother you with a lot of numbers, he was karting world champion in 98, then Nissan Champion 99 and then 4th in the f3000 championship last year and yarayarayara. However all this results even though impressive are not the cause of the real hype. Alonso tried the the same F-nissan car, with which Gene won the F-nissan in 98, one week after this one had signed with Minardi that winter. This was the "first time ever" Alonso drove a proper race car, I mean with wings, big engine, suspensions, etc. and he only took 6 laps to beat the lap record hold by Gene with the same car. He carried out different episodes like this one, as being faster than Gene and Mazza the first time he tested the Minardi, finishing fourth in the f3000 championship last year almost without testing however two of the most impressive episodes besides the first I already mention were that he got the pole at Spa the first time he ever raced there but also in his first flying lap. This Winter during the Benetton test in Barcelona the first time he drove the benetton he completed a couple of dozen laps and inmediatly got the best time of all the drivers testing that morning. During the afternoon with better weather conditions Button was able to improve in two tenths Alonso's time but only after running more than a race distance of laps and inspite of that Alonso finished second on the timesheets that day.



So the questions that raise now are:

Would he be able to mantain all that hype created around him?

Why did he got a drive for Minardi instead of a better car?

What's gonna happen to Fisichella next year?

and Weber?

Where the hell is Minardi fan?

I was wondering why there is so much hype about Fernando Alonso and I have been doing a little bit of research about it.Not to bother you with a lot of numbers, he was karting world champion in 98, then Nissan Champion 99 and then 4th in the f3000 championship last year and yarayarayara. However all this results even though impressive are not the cause of the real hype. Alonso tried the the same F-nissan car, with which Gene won the F-nissan in 98, one week after this one had signed with Minardi that winter. This was the "first time ever" Alonso drove a proper race car, I mean with wings, big engine, suspensions, etc. and he only took 6 laps to beat the lap record hold by Gene with the same car. He carried out different episodes like this one, as being faster than Gene and Mazza the first time he tested the Minardi, finishing fourth in the f3000 championship last year almost without testing however two of the most impressive episodes besides the first I already mention were that he got the pole at Spa the first time he ever raced there but also in his first flying lap. This Winter during the Benetton test in Barcelona the first time he drove the benetton he completed a couple of dozen laps and inmediatly got the best time of all the drivers testing that morning. During the afternoon with better weather conditions Button was able to improve in two tenths Alonso's time but only after running more than a race distance of laps and inspite of that Alonso finished second on the timesheets that day.So the questions that raise now are:Would he be able to mantain all that hype created around him?Why did he got a drive for Minardi instead of a better car?What's gonna happen to Fisichella next year?and Weber?Where the hell is Minardi fan?