Theses two "happy" team-mates are NOT friends. Spanish two time F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO & Brazilian Sub-World Champion FELIPE MASSA have been joined together by “destiny” to represent the famous colours of Italian racing car legend FERRARI. As professionals, & under strict orders from their Italian employers, they are “forbidden” to voice &/or express any divergent disagreement in public. The powerful Ferrari Public Relations team is in charge to give us all the image that they are happy mates at the team & only super competitive on the track – "competition is healthy" is the saying.
But don’t be fooled. Both have their egos the size of the “Empire State Building” & both wish to be World Champions; the Brazilian was a “hairs breath” away in season 2008 were he privately still blames Renault, & indirectly Alonso as a co-conspirator, for losing the F1 World Title in the 2008 Singapore F1 “Pique Incident” which starved Massi out of points that would cost him dearly. But the Massa – Alonso clashes (or Alonso – Massa) come from way back. In 2007 in another “incident”, both accused each other of dangerous driving & attempting to take out the other off the track in the Europa F1 race. The verbal attacks straight after the race were televised & very public.What raised eye-brows of an a persistent ingrained suspicion from the Brazilian was the public comments that Massa made straight after it was made official that he would be sharing team with Alonso, again recalling the “Singapore” incident & Alonsos involvement, which he later “rectified” by order of Ferrari.
Yesterday in the Malaysian F1 race, we again witnessed “vibrations” that both don’t share a beer in their time off when Massa manoeuvred, or protected his advantage, while Alonso climbed the classification standings lap after lap before the Spaniard blew out his engine. This unfortunate “incident” should have given Massa a smile as Alonso did not score any points, & thus facilitated that the Brazilian became the provisional leader of the World Championship table after only three races. The Ferrari Public Relations team flooded the press with great pictures of hugs & ...“bad luck mate” next time.
How long will the peace all last? Both are extreme professionals who know perfectly well the “brand” they represent, & that they are the public image of Ferrari throughout the World. Both will follow orders, but the season is long & many strange things happen throughout its course. Now that things are relatively on course with team objectives everything is fine, but if Ferrari cannot solve their apparent motor anomalies? If Alonso doesn’t win races as expected or Massa doesn’t get podiums? He they - God forbid - get involved in a "racing incident"? Plenty of work for the Ferrari Public Relations team I would suspect, they may be hoping that they won’t have to do long & difficult extra-hours. Tweet
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