Friday, August 10, 2007

So who's leaving McLaren-Mercedes now? Is it two-time F1 champ Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton?

He he... Yep, McLaren can actually lose one of them, if not BOTH.

To say that the recently concluded 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix was a wakeup call for the two McLaren drivers competing for this year's championship could very well be an understatement.

Last Sunday at Hungaroring, Fernando Alonso found out that there's no way in hell he could compete with the faster and younger McLaren rookie driver Lewis Hamilton while Hamilton found out that there's no way in hell he could end up in McLaren boss Ron Dennis' good graces.

That's the somewhat amusing dissension going on right now within the McLaren side and it definitely looks like Ron Dennis will lose one of his drivers, if not both of them.

Let's start with the rumors about the departure of two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso from McLaren shall we? After the traumatic weekend in Hungary, add that to the now fragile relationship with his team, more specifically, his rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton, speculations about Alonso leaving McLaren at the end of the 2007 F1 season began to come out.

And what did Fernando Alonso say about the speculations? Well, his only response was a simple ''we'll see,'' choosing not to dampen the rumors and refusing to deny that he is thinking about leaving the McLaren side.

The Lewis Hamilton rumors, on the other hand, look more serious.

While rumors about Alonso leaving McLaren-Mercedes becoming the flavor of the week following his controversial ''pit stop strategy'' during qualifying, the big bosses from Fiat apparently told the Ferrari team to swoop for Lewis Hamilton.

According to the rumors, Fiat wants their F1 Ferrari team to make a £17million raid on McLaren to go get their rookie sensation. (Hmm... Probably because these guys are still pissed over the fact that McLaren stole some of their sensitive Ferrari designs...)

Fiat is hoping that the Ferrari team can take advantage of this dissension going on right now within the McLaren camp. Besides, Kimi Raikkonen turned out to be a complete waste of their time and money anyway.

After the Stepneygate scandal, stealing something even more valuable than engine designs from McLaren should be in Ferrari's itinerary and that, my friend, is their best driver, Lewis Hamilton.

Payback's a bitch.

Who will win the 2007 F1 championship? Bodog has the odds.

Kimi Raikkonen 7/4

Fernando Alonso 7/4

Lewis Hamilton 9/2

Felipe Massa 5/2

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Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso

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