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A clear attempt to get up the SF rear...
Renault driver Fernando Alonso says he will do all he can to help Ferrari's Felipe Massa win this year's championship.

"Yes, no doubt, if I can help, I will help Massa," Alonso was quoted as saying by AS newspaper following his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix.

"They have lost a lot of points," added Alonso about Massa and title rival Lewis Hamilton. "After 16 races the leader has 84 points. In 2006 I had 82 in nine races.

"In this championship the drivers who are up there have scored few points. But in the end the one who makes the least errors will win. We'll see," concluded the Spaniard, who had a torrid season as Hamilton's teammate at McLaren in 2007.

Massa is five points behind Hamilton with just two races to go.

The two-time champion scored his second consecutive victory against all odds last Sunday, having also emerged on top at the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago.

Alonso admitted the Fuji win tasted better.

"It was a great race, especially because of the win, which was again unexpected," he said. "In Singapore there was luck involved with the safety car and with the favourites having problems, like Massa's pitstop and all that.

"Here there was nothing strange, it was a race with no safety cars and we won, so it tastes better than in Singapore."

The Renault driver said he was not sure about what to expect from the final two races of the season following his upturn in form.

But Alonso confessed his feeling is that he will be able to fight on top again.

"I don't know what to say now, I haven't thought about it yet, but my heart says that we will," the Spaniard said. "We have been fourth on the grid on a regular track.

"I'm confident for the next races. Maybe not enough about winning, but podiums are now possible. We are four tenths a lap behind Ferrari or McLaren."
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Ag please, Alonso looks after number 1 (himself). If Massa finds himself fighting for any podium position with Alonso, he should not expact him to move aside, regardless of what he said.
 
Sox i will take you a bet that alonso will let massa get a position if it means it will hurt hamilton.

Alsonso has nothing to gain this season, he has won 2 more gp's than he thought he would, he would give up winning a gp to help massa mess up hamilton's title hopes.

Do not ever underestimate the hatred alonso feels towards hamilton, its worse than senna and prost :p

Also i think Alonso knows that ferrari will not take him on because of what he said about shummi, seems strange he would tell shummi he did not deserve his title's and then try and suck up for a drive in 2009.

He should have praised shummi and he would be driving for ferrari. This is all about hamilton, had hamilton moved to ferrari and massa to mclaren he would be saying the same thing.
 
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AirWolf said:
I bet that even it was a Torro Rosso going for the championship, Alonso would rather see them win than Hamilton;).

But don't worry Tom/Brad, Hamilton will definitely seal the title a second time around:) [That is Title of two-time two-time two-time CHOKER:D]
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Oh yes - thanks for that... I shall cherish these comments :D You do realise that he could seal the championship this weekend already if the FIA stays out of it? Massa crashes out and Hamilton gets third or higher.... At least he will do it without the FIA's help.
 
We talk about the GP on sunday :), it's hamilton's championship to lose, his destiny is in his owns hands.
 
Lol - last time I looked it was in Ferrari's court... or have they already handed it over? :p But you're right Killa, Hamilton has been the most talked about driver this season (and last)...
 
Actually hamilton has not been the most talked about driver, vettel and alonso take that crown along with a few drivers lower down the order. Vettel and alonso show they are class by driving well in slower cars :)

How is it in ferrari's court if massa is 5 points behind hamilton, i'm not sure how you work things out sometimes :p

If hamilton fails again this year i fear for his career, not often great drivers mess up 2 championships in one of the best cars. If he fails again this year he will be the most talked about driver in f1 history with headlines mainly highlighting choking :p
 
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killadoob said:
Actually hamilton has not been the most talked about driver, vettel and alonso take that crown along with a few drivers lower down the order. Vettel and alonso show they are class by driving well in slower cars :)

How is it in ferrari's court if massa is 5 points behind hamilton, i'm not sure how you work things out sometimes :p

If hamilton fails again this year i fear for his career, not often great drivers mess up 2 championships in one of the best cars. If he fails again this year he will be the most talked about driver in f1 history with headlines mainly highlighting choking :p
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Naah - show me Vettel's achievements this year and we can talk. Vettel won a wet race ha ha ha. As for Alonso, yes, the slower cars suit him. It's in ferrari's court cos they are currently the champions. As for Hamilton's career, only a shortsighted person would say that, but I don't want to speak for you, you do support Ferrari after all ;)
 
I will just laugh at the what has vettel done this season comment.i'm not sure what expect a torro rosso to do in a season but what vettel has done in that car is nothing short of shummi genius.

Short sighted? funny that the commentators also mentioned the effect of hamilton not winning again this year for his career but anyways.
 
killadoob said:
I will just laugh at the what has vettel done this season comment.i'm not sure what expect a torro rosso to do in a season but what vettel has done in that car is nothing short of shummi genius.

Short sighted? funny that the commentators also mentioned the effect of hamilton not winning again this year for his career but anyways.
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If not for one wet race, Vettel would have 20 points, not 30... that puts him below Webber (in a slower car) and Trulli. You don't comment on it because you don't actually know what he did other than his lucky win. Brilliant drive no doubt, but like Alonso of late, he was lucky. Which commentators do you listen to?
 
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So you say his drive was brilliant but in the same breath ask what he did?

I guess you forget he got pole as well, if i recall there was nothing lucky about that.

Mark my words, vettel is the new shummi, give him a good car and you have a world champion who knows what its like to fight at the back of the field as well as the front.
 
killadoob said:
alonso show they are class by driving well in slower cars :)
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Yeah Alonso showed his class in particular last season when he was driving ''a slow car'' and with a rookie team mate:p We saw how well he handled that didn't we...
 
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killadoob said:
Would like to see how hamilton does in a slow car but guess that will never happen.
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What's the point? He would do **** in a slow car!! F1 is and has always been about the top 4, the rest merely make up the numbers, wait for the front runners to make mistakes and pick up the odd point here and there, sad really but it is what it is.... I think a driver stands to ruin his reputation more by what he does in a fast car then what he does in a slow one, hence Heiki's fall from grace and Kimi hasn't done his rep any good either, neither has Heidfeld this season.

I think Vettel has shown his metal in the Torro Rossa when you consider his team mate is no where...
 
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