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Grazed him in the first free but was in the second round when Ferrari to break the McLaren and Red Bull in the Monaco street circuit. The Spanish excelled in five tenths Vettel, championship leader. Alguersuari could only be the seventeenth.

The characteristics of the street circuit of Monte Carlo, where aerodynamics is less significant and the use of soft tires and super soft has made the Ferrari 150 º Italy in the most competitive car of all in the hands of Fernando Alonso has not had rival on the streets of the principality.

Without the torment of the hard tire, with Alonso lost a second per sector, and the new super soft tires, the Ferrari driver had the best time of the day, relegating the Briton Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) to one tenth of second, almost two German Nico Rosberg, whose Mercedes is always going well in training and then sinks in Carrera. Was fourth fastest time for Jenson Button, McLaren confirmed that the above are always willing to fight for fifth victory and has been for Vettel, half a second.

Despite the post and the difference achieved, we can not rule out the Red Bull, which will remain the enemy to beat in Saturday’s qualifying session. While Vettel has been shooting regularly, his teammate, Australian Mark Webber, could only do three laps in the morning and a problem in the afternoon shift and had problems with the KERS.

Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) has not been lucky. We corresponded for your car test driver, Australian Daniel Ricciardo, precisely at the circuit where he has to shoot for more confidence and get closer to the safety rails, without hitting them. When morning came she had a small bump on the corner of Ste Devote, but fortunately was able to return to workshops to repair the car and then could roll in a repeat visitor. Alguersuari completed this practice session in seventeenth position, two seconds and six-tenths of Alonso and two tenths of a teammate, the Swiss Sebastien Buemi.

It has not been a good day for Hispania, Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi was doing very good times in the morning, at the exit of the tunnel, almost to the entrance of the harbor entrance variant, played against the protections of the left side of the track. Mechanics to repair the damage to the car, not many, they found a fault in the hydraulic system and could not shoot in the second session, while his companion, the Indian Narain Karthikeyan has not found the rhythm, has been the last to seven seconds and on Saturday may have trouble overcoming the qualifying time.

The activity for Formula One will return next Saturday with the free 3 and the qualifying session, after the tradition preserved in Monaco on Thursday but has not been a public holiday, Ascension will be held next week.

Fernando Alonso will once again be their talisman. The number five in his car, which he premiered with his record as World Champion, will give you luck for the forthcoming Spanish Formula 1 World Championship.

Germany’s Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault), world champion, will take the number 1 and his partner, Australian Mark Webber, 2. The numbers 3 and 4 are reserved for the two Team McLaren-Mercedes, Britons Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. champions in 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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Fernando Alonso will come out ahead of Mark Webber in the final in Abu Dhabi. Final third on the grid, but two places ahead of his first match for the title (fifth). An excellent result given the circumstances and the government announcing the Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel was only the magic car to the limit. Leave in the “pole” line sharing with Lewis Hamilton. [Narrative and statistics]

In the frenzy of Abu Dhabi, in the final with full honors and an electrifying atmosphere that turn sparks like lightning, the protagonist of all eyes, all the greetings, all the meetings and everything that has to do with the business going on and off. Fernando Alonso turned off the receiver, retreated to his inner world and gave credit to his statement last night. “Zero nerves, really.” He said to a hill of journalists that they questioned by the pressure of the moment, the loneliness of a champion, traffic personal feelings Continue Reading »

Germany’s Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), who on Sunday could be crowned world champion in Formula One if they win the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi and Spanish Fernando Alonso is the fifth post down, still does not give clues about whether it will help your teammate Mark Webber, who has more options to be crowned champion.

“I think it is quite clear,” Vettel said, “and a lot of things that will happen and more important things before getting to that point, we have to do is focus tomorrow to get the car ready, and then have a meeting normal classification, because last year was very difficult. ” He added: “With a lot of things to do, there are better things to spend energy on what will happen on Sunday Continue Reading »

Not that the Australian cyclist using a simile, is to wheel out the Spanish in the next World Championship F1 race in Brazil, but it is certain that Fernando Alonso has fond memories of Interlagos, especially when rain appears and Webber is involved.

Alonso accounts are clear: under no circumstances allow Webber wins two races remaining, it would lose the World Cup now heads. It is precisely for this championship so tight, so the Spaniard feels almost impossible crowned world champion in Brazil.

There, in the circuit Jose Carlos Pace champagne tasted the best of his career, with that provided by his two world titles (2005 and 2006), but also suffered the worst accident of his life. Continue Reading »