German GP

I’ll be blunt and explain why I was upset over today’s result. Double standards. When Alonso was whining in Valencia over Hamilton’s penalty he said that the fans had been robbed of proper racing thanks to a manipulated race.

However he’s extremely happy to take a manipulated race win as his own – whilst still pretending it was through his own merit. You can’t get more fixed than that.

And this is what bugs me about Alonso. We all know damn well he is one of the best drivers on that grid and yet he STILL finds a way of playing dirty and allowing controversy to follow him around. I used to admire him so much however after what I personally saw in Spain and other factors all my respect for him has dissipated which I hate to say about any sports personality.

I know that teams orders exist – we all do. And I’d be the same in any situation that was made so obvious, this early in the season.

In the WRC Sebastien Ogier was forced by his team to check his car in early to stage therefore ensuring Sebastien Loeb a better road position – and ultimately the win. To me that was just as disgusting as this is. Team orders, however common and acceptable among teams, are wrong.

We can then look at 2007 when Kimi won the WDC thanks to Massa moving aside in Brazil. Had he not moved aside in this instance Ferrari would have lost the WDC to a McLaren driver – which is not ideal at all. So to compare this is a moot point because a championship was up for grabs here.

We only have to look at Alonso’s past with teams in Formula One: Renault and McLaren, to see that all has never been well wherever he goes.

The one thing I’d love to know is this: When Fernando lays his head down at night does he wonder why his teammates spend half their time pissed off at him? And why in almost every scandal/gate he is somehow involved.

If I were in that situation, however much I’d hate to admit it, I think I’d be clever enough to see the common denominator.