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This coming from Christian Horner, team principal of Red Bull, the most toxic team on the F1 grid... Just ask Vergne, Kiviat, Hartley and all the others before them who got burned by this team... Horner and Marko have been excoriating Renault ever since their 4-year winning streak with Renault power has come to an end, very publicly, at every turn and in the most despicable manner. If Honda thought that Alonso's comments about their poor engine were tough, wait until Horner and Marko start pointing the finger at them come the second half of next season...
What a sad joke and what a sad state of affairs when the top teams in a sport supposed to be about racing the fastest and most technologically advanced cars connive to block one of the best drivers, if not the best ever, from competing for wins. Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull are populated by a bunch of w-a-n-k-e-r-s who call themselves "racers". These three teams receive more money than the rest in F1 and they have an obligation to provide fans with the best possible racing. Mercedes and Ferrari in particular are failing miserably to fulfil their obligations to F1 fans by insisting in lining up a number one and number two drivers, rather than two top drivers.
James Hunt was a great driver on a good day but he was also a drunk and a stone head. But he was British... Lewis Hamilton is an underhanded little whiner who constantly points the finger elsewhere and harbors conspiracy theories whenever things are not going his way. But he's British. Schumacher (my he come out of his vegetative state one day) was a cheat and an SOB. But he's German. Alonso is one of the best drivers to grace F1, if not the absolute best, but he's "a bit chaotic". And he's a Spaniard...
Renault and Mclaren did not hesitate to rehire Alonso when they had the chance and Carlos Ghosn stated last year that he would rehire him again if his team was able to provide him with a competitive car. Ron Dennis honed up to losing the plot in 2007 and rehired Alonso, stating in the process that Hamilton certainly played a role in the events of 2007. Zack Brown has had nothing but praise for Alonso and has stated publicly on many occasions that he hopes Alonso stays at McLaren for years to come. Alonso drove for Ferrari for 5 years, during which the team was utterly unable to provide him with a championship winning car. Everyone with an ounce of honesty will admit that Alonso did miracles with the Ferrari car as he's doing with the McLaren car and as he's done with every single car that he raced with. Gino Rosato, who comes from the town next to where I live, has stated many times to common friends that Alonso is the best driver ever to race for Ferrari, including Schumacher and Vettel. He even stated that he has serious doubts that Ferrari will win a driver championship with Vettel unless they provide him with a car that is substantially faster and better than the competition because he makes too many mistakes under pressure. Ferrari wanted Alonso to stay for two more years when he decided to leave the team at the end of 2014. Little tyrant Marchionne (may his soul rest in peace) vowed to never rehire Alonso after the latter left the team because he did not accept that Alonso leave Ferrari when he was taking over the team's destiny. Ferrari has not won any championship since 2007, even with Vettel sitting in a competitive car in 2017 and 2018. I'll bet you that he will fall apart once again this year and just hand Hamilton another easy championship.
There is an element of racism in this constant criticism of Alonso, despite his achievements, his thirst for racing and winning, his work ethics and his consistency. This is utter b-u-l-l-s-h-i-t and this is hurting F1.
Sometimes you dig your own grave.
