Fernando Alonso praised his team and the car after coming from the back of the field to finish fourth at the Australian Grand Prix.
Alonso banged wheels with Jenson Button heading into the first corner and then collided with Michael Schumacher, tipping his Ferrari into a spin and dropping him way down the order. From there he worked his way back through the field and preserved his soft tyres despite being in wheel-to-wheel battles with other drivers.
"I am pleased with this result," he said. "I got an awful start, because I had wheel spin on a white line and was last after the first corner following a collision with two other cars, so to finish fourth is very significant, especially given what happened to some other drivers, meaning we have increased our lead over some of our closest rivals in the title fight.
"Thanks to the strategy, we managed to get this result. The car was perfect and we were able to run a very long stint with the soft tyres. When I found myself behind Felipe, maybe I could have gone a bit quicker, but we know it's very hard to pass in Formula One and between team-mates, one should not take any unnecessary risks. If we had managed to get past Kubica, then it might have been a different story, but it wasn't possible, apart from the fact I also had to defend my position against Hamilton and Webber, who were on fresher tyres than us.
kalau habih race pun MASSA dok no 1 jugak alonsucks dok no 2 dan sebaliknya kalau alonsucks buleh potong tanpa TEAM ORDER
tetap menang 1 - 2...orang tak akan pertikai kalau menang macam tu...
aku pun tak pertikai..yang orang lain pertikai TEAM ORDER..tu tindakan BODOH.....
kalau alosucks tu buleh potong dengan SKILL HEBAT yang diperkatakan aku rasa tadak sapa pun nak pertikai...
takkan jadi PONDAN kot mintak kat team suruh MASSA bagi laluan.....
kata penuh dengan SKILL, skill hapa? skill mintak team suruh massa bagi laluan...
PPPPRRRRRFFFFFTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
tindakan bijak taik kucing.....kalau alonsucks tak potong pun tetap FERRARI menang 1 2..
taktau nak terang macam mana...kalau tak paham jugak bukan masalah aku la tu,itu masalah pemahaman yang lemah ataupun masalah nak faham Bahasa Melayu mudah...Massa has been robbed by his own team
nak kait RBR pesepa..la ni tumpuan dekat TEAM ORDER..ya Allah....awatla hang susah nak paham benda yang tersangatla mudah.....
Ferrari should have used team orders in Aus - Brundle
Martin Brundle thinks Ferrari should have ordered Felipe Massa to pull aside for his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso during Sunday's Australian GP.
After spinning at the first corner, Spaniard Alonso clawed his way through the field and "found himself on the gearbox" of the sister F10, former grand prix driver Brundle told BBC Sport on Monday.
Brundle, now a commentator for British TV, said he dislikes team orders but believes Alonso, leading the championship by four points from Brazilian Massa, could have launched an attack on Robert Kubica in second place.
"If he failed then move Massa back in front," he added, arguing that Ferrari "will need every point they can" to win this year's world championship.
"If Ferrari had moved them around, I believe Alonso would have finished second in the race and that he was also quick enough to apply pressure to (race winner) Button," said the Briton.
But despite Ferrari's approach to F1 in the past, current team boss Stefano Domenicali insists that team orders are no longer an option.
"Everyone has two cars," he told reporters in Australia.
"Unless some teams want to drive with one car, and if you have good drivers, then that has to be the nature of formula one," the Italian added.
In his media round, Alonso played a typically straight bat, telling Spanish reporters he did not want to do anything "silly" to risk a collision with his own teammate.
massa tu slow... apabila dia slow... maka dengan ini.... si vetel yg gelojoh tu
akan menghampiri ferarri..... bile dah 3 org rapat.... situasi menjadi tegang
apabila ade trafik kat depan yg dah tertinggal 1 lap spt sumi jeli...
dengan ini... si vetel gelojoh ade peluang untuk memburukkn keadaan.... ko paham tak situasi ni.... kalo vetel dapat potong tak pe... kalo xsiden langgo front wing cam ner....????????????????????????????????????? tak ke rugi team ferarri....block jalan tu block jugak.... kalo xsiden cam ner..... sbb vetel ni gelojoh nak mampos......ko boleh paham tak...... lain kali jgn makan semut byk sangat
tak penah dengaq kottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt ayat ni
CATCHING UP IS ONE THING
PASSING IS ONE MORE FUC**NG THING
HABIH TU ALONSUCKS DOK IKUT MASSA BERAPA PULOH LAP TU GAP BAWAH 1 SAAT AWAT TAK POTONG SENDIRI?TAK MAMPU?PONDAN?.......KENAPA NAK MINTAK TEAM YANG SURUH MASSA BAGI LALUAN.
ikutlah kalau nak still in DENIAL...
aku takmau kata apa dah....
orang tua-tua cakap buleh habaq 2 3 kali saja..kalau dah 4 5 6 kali habaq tak paham jugak ada something wrong...
nak bagi team order pun jangan la obvious sangat....
ni terang-terang nampak team order.......
awatla pengurusan FERRARI la bodo...aku rasa sebab drebar bodo sama kot...
zaman Michael Schumacher tu, management tiptop....1st class..Ross Brawn dengan jean Todt..la ni tahap sampah management..nak buat team order pun bangang, bagi nampak satu dunia.......
bukan pasai kereta la ni....kalau nak ikut pasai kesalahan kereta ni semua team buat....kalau dak depa tak komplen la F duct Mclaren sampai semua tiru....2007 ka 2008 Mclaren komplen moving floorboard Ferrari..la bukan pasai teknikal tapi lebih pada taktikal keji stau dunia yang tengok live nampak...
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