- Alonso just said he doesnt want lewis to copy his sets and doesnt want him to know his tactics. They may be teammates but the are fighting for the world title. He newer said he wanted something better than Hamilton or getting him backed up.
- Nobody in the F1 business believes that the fine was due to the mail´s. There were hundreds of mails, sms, etc between the engineers. Thinking that the result of all the info exchange were 3 mails between drivers is madness. Remember that Alonso didnt even believe the info about the weight distribution of the Ferrari. Everyone at McLaren knew about that, or at least the designers and the guys from the wind tunnel.
- Mails were sent FROM Pedro TO Alonso. Curiously, Pedro is probably gonna drive for Prodrive next year.... extrange reward for some1 that was passing secret info. Basically Pedro said "it´s my fault, i got the info from Coulthgan and passed it to Fernando, but noone else knew it". Basically he inmolated himself in exchange for a seat in F1.
Anyway, Dennis has accomplish a great goal. He has infuriated pple both in Britain and in Spain
IMHO the problem with the England football team echoes that of English society as a whole. We beleive that we are better than we actually are. If we could just step back and see ourselves in perspective to other EU countries we may actually get somewhere.
Having said that, I am grateful the the opportunities living in the Uk has allowed me, and I wouldn't want to be from anywhere else.
Back on topic, I feel that Alonso should be lucky to get a drive in a pedal-cart next season after how he has acted. Lewis is a great driver who cannot win. If he wins in a competitive car, its the car doing the job. If he loses in a less competitive car, its his driving ability at fault...
I think pomposity is a European trait rather than just an English one.
I saw a study once where they asked English people to pick five adjectives to describe the French, then asked a bunch of French people to do the same with regard to the English. Apparently they often picked the same adjectives.