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Alonso plays down Massa comments
16 October 2009Fernando Alonso has cast aside comments from future team-mate Felipe Massa suggesting that the Spaniard was fully aware of the race-fixing scandal of Singapore last year. The Renault driver is confident that a strong working relationship will be maintained at Ferrari next season.
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| Alonso makes the transition from Renault to Ferrari for 2010 |
With Alonso's move to the Scuderia set to see an all-Latin line-up at the Maranello team, Ferrari clarified Massa's feelings from an interview in Brazil this week after the local man told reporters the following:
"He (Alonso) is the least (contributing part) of the problem. It was the team (Renault) and Nelson (Piquet), but Alonso was part of the problem, he knew - we do not know it (confirmed) but of course he knew, it's an absolute certainty."
Alonso remained calm when quizzed over the Brazilian's feelings on Thursday. "First of all, I don't know what is true or not," he began. "Maybe it was a misunderstanding with Felipe, or the media, or whatever, so it is difficult to know what is true and what is not true about what he said. Later he said a different thing - it is not very important for me and I was not too worried."
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| Most Massa-Alonso duels to date came during the 2007 season |
Fernando admitted that there have been heated moments between the duo, such as during the Spanish and European Grands Prix of 2007, but remains confident ahead of 2010. "It will not affect anything for me or our relationship," he stressed.
"I still think that it will be great because at Ferrari the group is more important than the individual; all of the mechanics, the engineers, the people in the factory, the drivers, Stefano (Domenicali, Team Principal), President Montezemolo and everyone are part of a big family."
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