The worst kept secret of the 2009 season has turned into an official announcement. Spaniard Fernando Alonso will drive for the prestigious Scuderia Ferrari in next year’s FIA Formula 1 Championship.
The agreement covers three racing seasons, starting 2010.
The Scuderia’s driver line-up next season will therefore be made up of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, with Giancarlo Fisichella in the role of reserve driver.
Kimi Raikkonen will leave the Scuderia at the end of the current season.
Fernando Alonso left Renault a first time in 2007 when he moved on to team McLaren as the teammate of Ron Dennis’s protégé, Lewis Hamilton. That did not work out.
Alonso returned to Renault but the team has been unable to give him a really competitive car for the past two seasons.
The fact that his manager and mentor Flavio Briatore received a lifetime ban from all forms of motorsport following the infamous “crash-gate” pushed Alonso out of Renault.
photo:Ferrari & Renault
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The agreement covers three racing seasons, starting 2010.
The Scuderia’s driver line-up next season will therefore be made up of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, with Giancarlo Fisichella in the role of reserve driver.
Kimi Raikkonen will leave the Scuderia at the end of the current season.
Fernando Alonso left Renault a first time in 2007 when he moved on to team McLaren as the teammate of Ron Dennis’s protégé, Lewis Hamilton. That did not work out.
Alonso returned to Renault but the team has been unable to give him a really competitive car for the past two seasons.
The fact that his manager and mentor Flavio Briatore received a lifetime ban from all forms of motorsport following the infamous “crash-gate” pushed Alonso out of Renault.
photo:Ferrari & Renault