26-12-2007, 02:46 PM
in autosport.com
"Fittipaldi: Piquet a challenge for Alonso
By Michele Lostia and Jonathan Noble Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 04:13 GMT
<span style="color:#0000FF">Former world champion Emerson Fittipaldi has warned Fernando Alonso to expect a tougher time against Nelson Piquet Jr at Renault in 2008 than the Spaniard had against Lewis Hamilton at McLaren this year.
And Fittipaldi believes that Piquet Jr's extensive testing mileage for Renault this year will lead to him being a significant threat to Alonso.
"Nelsinho will be worse than Lewis Hamilton for Fernando Alonso," Fittipaldi was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Nelsinho drives excellently, he is very quick, and last year he did over 15,000km in testing with Renault. For all these reasons I think he will give Alonso more trouble than he got from the McLaren driver."
Alonso endured a difficult time at McLaren this year, having a strained relationship with team boss Ron Dennis in the wake of the management refusing to give him number one status over Hamilton."<!--sizec--><!--/sizec-->:noworry:
"Fittipaldi: Piquet a challenge for Alonso
By Michele Lostia and Jonathan Noble Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 04:13 GMT
<span style="color:#0000FF">Former world champion Emerson Fittipaldi has warned Fernando Alonso to expect a tougher time against Nelson Piquet Jr at Renault in 2008 than the Spaniard had against Lewis Hamilton at McLaren this year.
And Fittipaldi believes that Piquet Jr's extensive testing mileage for Renault this year will lead to him being a significant threat to Alonso.
"Nelsinho will be worse than Lewis Hamilton for Fernando Alonso," Fittipaldi was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Nelsinho drives excellently, he is very quick, and last year he did over 15,000km in testing with Renault. For all these reasons I think he will give Alonso more trouble than he got from the McLaren driver."
Alonso endured a difficult time at McLaren this year, having a strained relationship with team boss Ron Dennis in the wake of the management refusing to give him number one status over Hamilton."<!--sizec--><!--/sizec-->:noworry:
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I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant....
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