I strongly disagree with Iain Chapman about putting Ron Dennis and Max Mosley on a par. True, Ron Dennis, with the Ferrari verdicts and treatment of Alonso, really should leave F1 at this stage. Mosley, however, said after the FIA hearing that he thought the punishment was too soft. Indeed the only obvious punishment was to kick Mclaren out of the 2007 and 2008 championships, as it is impossible to ensure the data wont be used next year. Perhaps Mosley was only making show, however in the context of the UK media articles and statements from previous UK drivers, Mosley's statements at least give him credit.
I also think Richard Williams is avoiding the obvious - you dont take such an enormous risk, like stealing the Ferrari spec, unless its to earn a great advantage from it. The Mclaren hearing transcript is available on the FIA website in English (you do understand English, don't you?):
- the Ferrari data was used in the Mclaren simulators,- weight distribution, braking system etc.etc

Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan

Well here we go.

FA got almost what he wanted. He did not get fired (that meant quite a lot of money back after breacking the contract by McL) but he had no clause to avoid signinig to any other team he wanted to.

So, now McL is calmed of FA saying things he knows about the spying affair, but worry he can develop any other car on the grid.

Lewis much more worried, because if he gets beaten by FA in a suppoused second class car next season will be the end of his career. Also will be the same if McL falls to the results of 2006.

As we know FA is a quite clever chap, we can be sure he has the information about wich car has the potential of being a contender for next season WC. I am pretty sure he has balanced everything and has it under control.

I will feel sorry for the most meteoric end of a career in LH hands. What a pitty for him. His autobiography will end at the age of 22. Shorter than anybody elses.

Jimmie, La Oliva (Fuerteventura), Spain

Let's talk some sensible thing here: what has Hamilton shown this season? He has been very good at qualifying, ouracing Alonso several times and he's been very good at driving fast when the car was performing well. So what is that nonsense about his performances under pressure, his driving skills, etc.? When things got messy, Hamilton has made mistakes several times. What did he do in Spa? He tried to overtake Alonso on the outside at Eau Rouge, which of course Alonso wouldn't let him do. What did he do in China? He tried to fight a useless battle with Kimi, wearing out the tyres. What did he do in Brazil? He was passed by Alonso and couldn't stand it, so he instantly tried to overtake him, overestimating once more his own ability, and went wide. When under pressure, I'd trust Alonso a hundred times more than Hamilton.

Leif, Västerås, Sweden

Ohhhhh, the truth is that Fernando Alonso didnt win for the Ron Dennis decisión in Hungary. The guilty only one of which the Mc Laren Mercedes team doesnt have the title is Ron Dennis´s bad management. In Spain, the Raikkonen victory have been almost a best notice that the Alonso´s victory because all the people wants that Fernando Alonso goes to another team, far away from Ron Dennis.

Jose, LEON, Spain

I cannot believe how polemical your F1 reports have become; In sharp contrast to the informative style of F1 reports in papers such as The Guardian and The Independent.
I've dearly respected this publication and considered it an epitome of good journalism. My respect is almost gone for
this is where we got to, The Times chasing polemic and sales only, like any other tabloid around.

Aitana, London, England

so if alonso was disloyal, i guess that he has been sacked and made pay big compensation. No? hasn't? oooh Kevin, perhaps was Alonso who wanted out a.s.a.p

Can you make some sense every now and then? you have been claming equality for years, calling half of the world paranoide. Now that you have a potentialy good british driver, you, the media, has giving him the number one for next year.

you are so sad guys, so desperated, so pathetic.

Perhaps now ron will change the team policy, and Hamilton "the loyal" will be number one officialy.

I think next team mate will be Niki Lauda, no body else wants to work with a team of fakes, arrogant, cheaters,losers.

jordi, bournemouth,

What an own goal by McLaren. Imagine being so obviously unable to manage your drivers that it gifts the WDC to Ferrari. Alonso leaving McLaren only puts them in a weaker position. Maybe it is time for Martin Whitmarsh to take over.

James, London, UK

Thanks Fetrnando for leaving this team of cheaters who did not realize the talent they had. Dennis, at the end you got what you deserved. We'll see if your little wonderboy can do something serious next year. We'll see...

Albert, Paris ,

I think Alonso will be happy to go. McLaren blatantly favoured Hamilton, who played politics and used the press to besmirch alonso. Next year will show that Hamilton is another Jenson Button, whilst Alonso is a true champion.

Hamad Lone, London, England

We are getting used to biased comments and articles in the UK press regarding your sportmen and citizens.
In this particular matter you might have crossed the line deliverately and might end up with The Times in court due to a lack of accuracy, integrity and professionalism.
The more you yell and criticise the more obvious and evident the truth comes out.
Not very wise, although how knows maybe your public/readers nowadays hardly read your papers and all this nonsense and 'misinformation' is dedicated to the general public from abroad.
Please don't be malicious with your supposed professional journalism because it will lead to mediocrity.

Shame on you!

IR, London, UK

So you implied that Mclaren paid 35 million Euros to Alonso (contract clausule) ?? So, after 70 million Euros fine + 35 millions breaking contract = 105 Million Euros expended before starting new season. Please, tell us the truth about this.
Now I'm going to tell you the future... the court case in Italy will be stopped by Ferrari, why ? because before starting Brazil GP they, Ferrari and Mclaren, made a gentlemen pact, "qui pro quo". Give me the championship and I will take back the case in the Italian court. How can you explain the LH infant errors ?

JoseBelgica, Brussels, Belgium

I think the articles are overlooking completely the point about Alonso leaving Mclaren Mercedes with no penalty. It was pointed out, a long time ago, that if Mclaren Mercedes were found guilty of cheating, then Alonso would contractually be free to move. In the end, that's exactly what happened to the Anglo-German team - so I think it's unfair to look at the departure as a benevolent gesture from Mclaren Mercedes.

Another point is the number of teams lining up for Alonso next year. There have been a lot of comments on articles about Alonso and Hamilton and their merits, but this, more than any comment sets the picture straight. Hamilton this year was able to break every rule in the FIA book, and get away with it. There is also the point about the Alonso car setups. The teams however are not stupid, and they will also have noted Hamilton's driving and technical shortcomings (not only in Brazil and China).
How many teams do people honestly believe would line up tomorrow for Hamilton?

Testsuya, Tokyo, Japan

If the view is from Spain, Alonso is God.

If the view is from Britain, Hamilton is God, or will be shortly.

'Nough said, nothing analytical here.

Roger Phillips, Melbourne, Australia

McLaren have been truly pathetic, starting with Ron Dennis himself. They've proved to the world how very dishonest the British team can be towards the sport and the many underserved fans out there. McLaren should have been suspended from the competition next year.

The British press of course has been supporting their new pilot all the way through, despite the many irregularities commited by the so called "wonder kid".

However, I seriously doubt Hamilton will shine in 2008 the way he did in 2007. Without a team mate highly experienced in improving the car the way Alonso did, he will be left with a sub-optimal machine unable to match the Ferraris or even the up and coming BMWs.

Another problem with Hamilton is he's incapable of controling a championship. He managed to lose it twice this year (China and Brazil) for being overly stubborn and petulant.

Finally, let's not forget that McLaren 's budget is affected by the FIA fine.

Victor, Madrid,

We are all happy for the Spaniard. If you like F1 you gotta be fed up with LEWIS HAMILTON, he is a poor loser. I believe there were celebraltions in Alonso's home town. Good for him.

Peter, New York, US

Is this all that The Times can bring? is this the best reporting that Mr. Eason is capable of?
Most unbiased reports point out to the fact that the end of the affair was a relatively quick and painless exercise, with both parties willing to clinch a face-saving deal. But to ignore that Alonso's representatives had a very strong hand to play to rid him from his contract without penalty or cost is both reckless and foolish. Alonso wanted out just as much, if not more, that Dennis, Haug & Co.
Irrespective of whether you like Alonso as a person or not -which is irrelevant-, he's bound to remain a serious contender in 2008.

Tom, Tehran, Iran

Alonso could have been the World Champion this year, but when your in a team run by Ron Dennis you have to do as your told, any back chat and your stuffed, Hamilton will not find it so easy next year because he will have no real help with the loss of Alonso's experience, Hamilton is just LUCKY, see what happened when his LUCK run out, HA HA

Freddy, LONDON, UK

Alonso will do as Schumacher already did when going to Ferrari, his career is not ended. At McLaren they can only go for a driver who will be happy playing 2nd fiddle to Hamilton. and will Hamilton be Mr Nice as McLaren´s Prince? Can´t wait for next F1 season, the driving, the drama....!!

Mon, London,

Without alonso mclaren and his son, lewis are like ... a no-competitive team. Can lewis prepare the car or the races without alonso's help? And if mclaren wants a new driver it has it very difficult, no-one wants to enter in a team for serve lewis, the drivers want to win, no serve. ALONSO TO RENAULT: HERE COMES THE CHAMPION AGAIN

Mathew, Santiago, Spain

At the end of the day Alonso seemed to lacked the social skills to mould the team around himself despite being fluent in English and being well used to living in England from his Renault days. The German members of Mclaren typically have very correct manners, Alonso's refusal to even say good morning when he was in a petulant mood went down badly. Counter briefing the Spanish press with stories very different to those he told the International press undermined his cause by making him seem disingenuous to English.
Surrounding himself with a 100% Spanish support crew and clique hardly fits in with the International nature of F1.Hamilton for example has a Finnish trainer.
In short, he just didn't fit in with Mclarens way of doing things. Bernie Ecclestone said just that in 2006 and was as ever he was right ! That's why he is a billionaire and we are not. The stories about incorrect tyre pressures etc.are merely excuses as Pedro De La Rosa has pointed out.

adam forrester, London, UK

It`s gonna be pretty fun seeing the start of 08 season. Let`s remember: FIA is gonna check the Mc Laren car to be sure it`s "clean". And Mc Laren won`t have that naughty boy called Fernando. So, a fair and square competition. No "extra helps". We all will see what Lewis, the son of the F1 star Anthony Hamilton, and his team are able to do. If things screw up we`re sure Mr. Anthony will amaze the time with great shows.
Jackie Stewart, Anthony Hamilton, even this guy Kevin Eason. It`s a shame spanish tv don`t have them as comentators because everybody was gonna have a whale of a time....

Captain Sparrow, Getxo, spain

Very biased article. It's a shame from the times.

Mark, Budapest, Hungary

What a fun. An entire year arguing that McLaren tried equally to all the drivers and now an entire page looking for the more docile companion to Hamilton.

Fernando, Cadiz, Spain

Nobody in the town where Hamilton lives , watched him to tv the day of the world f1 championships .
Is Hamilton your champion ? . I don´t think that .
Everybody in Spain watched TV the day of the world f1 championship.
We love Alonso . He´s a honest and brave boy and nobody helped him to win .

Carmen, Gijón, Spain

Mr. Eason, "easy word" You seem to have watched another F1 season than the one watched by Alain Prost, David Coulthard,...and all the spanish sport press . Fernando Alonso wanted to leave McLaren Mercedes almost since the very beginning, it is later, when Ron Dennis was recorded saying that in China : "the race was against Fernando and not against Kimi" when he understood he had let the cat out off an enourmous bag (Ed Gorman). McLaren has tried Alonso would not leave but Alonso´s lawyers showed written proves of those strange things happen to him this year, and RDennis had to make his leave easy in order to not get penalized. So different than what you say to your english F1 supporters, please say the truth at once !!

Concha, Madrid, Spain

I think that both of them (Alonso and Mclaren) wanted to end the relationship, otherwise the break-up didn´t end in a few days as it happened. So If I were you I didn´t use "dismissed by Ron Dennis"

About the next Hamilton´s teammate, I don´t understand these: "Fiercely ambitious and will not back down if Hamilton demands No 1 status" or "Will not back down to Hamilton’s demands" or "unlikely to threaten Hamilton’s No 1 position" because Mclaren will never have a No 1 and No 2 driver.
I hope that De La Rosa will drive next season as Hamilton´s teammate because of the Spanish sponsors

zahj, León, Spain

Kevin Eason:
"Lewis Hamilton breathed a sigh of relief last night as his McLaren Mercedes team took their revenge on Fernando Alonso for a season of disruption and intrigue. His Spanish teammate was called to the McLaren headquarters in Woking, Surrey, for what he thought would be negotiations to save his future with the team"

Just a word Kevin: wrong!!

Regards

John L Sharp, Bury St Edmunds,

F1 & ATP DIFFERENCES
It was very convenient that Murray -instead of Robredo, Hass, Gasquet or Bagdahtis- arrived to China’s Master. It would make the British to retake interest in tennis, after long years without a real champion. You know, United Kingdom need a sports champion.
But the big difference with F1 is that Ron Dennis is not the owner of the rackets and there is no Eccleston telling everybody what must they do for the sake of the sport. And, curiously, the judges, in each match, just said “out!” when the ball goes out.
So Robredo, Haas, Murray and Bagdahtis lost their chances by themselves and Gasquet arrived to the semifinal. Now he is getting classified to China too. Perhaps, it was not good for Britain, not for Germany, not for others; but tennis is still a real sport and that is the passion it communicates.
F1, unfortunately, is becoming just a business (en British business?) that uses sport and, consequently, …

gon, Oaxaca, Mexico

HH from Germany:
That team already exist, didn't you watch F1 this year?
There was a team with silver cars, where a driver was surrounded by father figures and biological father 24/7. Everybody arround him said yes, the British press, FIA, Bernie, Niki etc. and his team mate was ignored, blamed, abused. But even then the driver wasn't good enough to win the title.

jordi, bournemouth, uk

It's all about the international marketing of F1 - let Dennis and Hamilton get on with each other - for me F1 is now just a bad joke - not worth following - Alonso was shafted - has it not been suggested or even established that the Dennis/McLaren team has been up to no good?

Marty, London, England

When did all this Hamilton "superstar" hype become reality ? He is a good driver, but one who has been given every chance possible, which has been to the detriment of Alonso. Why buy in a two time world champion then expect him to roll over for a newcomer ? No other car company would have treated Alonso the way Ron Dennis has - it's very reminiscent of Montoyas' departure too. Perhaps Dennis should step away and let someone run McLaren who is not so obviously biased in favour of their protege Hamilton.

Linda, London, UK

Alonso is the best. The next year become the champion again. Only I hope that Denis cries for his mistake. Denis must resign for his wrong management this year.

chris, london, uk

Do you really think Alonso, the youngest bi-champion of the history, would like to stay in a nowadays second-row team which, besides, has as his first driver a looser called Lewis?

You must be joking....

Marco, Gijon,

I have an idea.....someone should start a new team, make Alonso the number 1 driver by running only 1 car and surround him with people trained to say only "yes" whenever he speaks. Maybe we can add some family members and, if he has any, some friends to make him feel more comfortable.

By doing this, Fernando would not have to worry about a teammate that can beat him on a regular basis and he would not have to deal with people who occasionally use the word "no".

I have no idea where Alonso will end up but one thing seems clear: he was fired by McLaren and he is facing a long road to his next championship and that is a shame. I don't like the man much but I do think he is a brilliant driver, probably the best in the world right now.

HH, Hamburg, Germany

Pipas, de la Rosa is "unlikely" (Spanish: poco probable) to threaten Hamilton - because he isn't good enough not that he can't (Spanish: no puede).

f1-news.org, London,

may mclaren fail again next year, after all their nonesense this year.
decent man management would have provided at least one winner out of two so here is to alonso driving a good car next year and showing he was right to distrust his team.

john haydon rowe, javea,

What? dismissed from mcleren? Don´t you know Alonso has been begging to leave the team for months? Why don´t the british press know that 2 lawyers have been a Woking negotiating a way out for Alonso for the last week. In Spain wea are all relieved of recent events.
But time will tell. We´ll see if your national car is as competitive next season as it was this year.
If you are looking for somebody to blame for this year´s disaster you should look inside your house: Ron Dennis sabotage to Alonso´s car and Hamilton´s wining to the FA about alonso and not knowing the utility of the buttons in the stering wheel.
For all objective readers: try reading the press from around Europe, you will find events are not what the seem in the UK.

Alex, Las Palmas, Spain

what about this combination: newey as chief designer, brown as engineer, alonso as pilot and toyota with a lot of money, you´d better be scary if it happens

carmelo cortes, bs as, argentina

Thanks God!!!

At the end Alonso's broken free from that snakes' nest.

Cheers Alonso, please give us a good next season, I'm sure you will because you must be very happy today.

Elwood, London, UK

Team revenge? Do you really suggest that FA had the smallest interest in McLarenafter this season? Nice way of looking at it. Fernando just left, he was not interested in staying, nor was McLaren interested in him to stay. Both parts cannot stand to each other. Now I guess McLaren will look for an easier, weaker pilot that is not able to even try to overshadow Hamilton. God luck for him whoever will be... Poor thing.

Feli, Granada, Spain

Kaz,
British are known among others, 'cause they are free on thinking.
Try to be a british a not just on-side-notes reader.
Have you read any newspaper from other country regarding this issue? Do it , it is good to get bigger view of situation, we are on the internet era, take avantage on it..... Do not do it like Lauda ;-)

Javier, Cordoba, Argentina

The Times is becoming The Sun, very sad. This is not a report, but an opinion, with not verified facts.
At least, Alonso is out of a team with a so disastrous management. Alonso is a double champion, Hamilton is nothing but an arrogant rookie, but for (some part) of the british press, it does seem he is the champion, this is ridiculous.
Ron Dennis is a liar, he did lie Alonso and he did lie Fia.
Hamilton is not worthy to run in f1, he betrayed alonso in Hungaroring and he did request a punish for his teammate.
Alonso was a double champion, but when he arrived to McLaren, he found a team without management, adrift, subjected to the capricious wish of Dennis to what Hamilton would became a champion, and an ugly case of spionnage, where Dennis said to not knowing anything, while all the team did know rumours about it.
It is a shame they are so proud of their equality, his sportmanship...Their hypocrisy is only comparable to their shamelessness.

Carlos, Bilbao, Spain

I think that Alonso is the best driver in F1 ( is the more extended opinion in Europe ) , young but with experience and talent .

Carlos, Milan, Italy

The reason Alonso wasn't champion this year was because he didn't have the champion's resolve to deal with the challenge from a fast, young rookie teammate. Shame. Even Prost stayed at McLaren in 89 to race Senna one more time...

Kaz, London,

Lets hope his management team work with the new team's management and do a better job than last time of accommodating the ego of this dour, miserable,sullen brat before the contract is signed.

John, HK,

I believe that Massa has "re-signed", not "resigned"!

Steven, Shanghai, China

De la Rosa can't threat the Hamilton's number one?.
But yoy weren't saying that all the drivers in McLaren were the same?
Oh my good! british journalism!.....

Pipas, Badajoz, Spain

I can not believe this is THE TIMES. After writing this article you should retire, Kevin.

Alex Artiles , Salt Lake City, USA

Please remember that it was Hamilton's flouting team orders in Hungary that precipitated this whole business. It was Hamilton that didn't want to "play fair" and now you are suggesting that he might not want certain drivers as a teammate because they are too competitive?

If de La Rosa gets the job we will know for sure that McLaren only wants Hamilton to win. However, Lewis will have a tough time doing that without the setup expertise of Alonso. How quickly people forget what place McLaren finished in 2006. They could easily return to that lesser place just as Renault could return to their ascendancy, with their leader at the helm once more.

mark, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Kevin, lets get some facts straight:
1. Alonso has not been dismissed because there has been no indemnitation paid on the part of McLaren. Alonso did not go to McLaren Headquarters but his manager and a lawyer did. How come I am much better informed than you are?
2. It was on the best interest of McLaren to let go of Alonso in the smoothest possible way because he has a lot of information about the spying business with Ferrari. Do not forget that there is a trial going on in Italy. The polite farewell statements in McLaren´s website on both parts, can only be understood as a non-aggression pact.

Alonso was williing to leave Mac Laren, and this has been possible without paying any money and without any condition about his new team.This has been a sucess for Alonso and his atorneys.You can be sure of this.

Cristina María Vázquez, Quito, Ecuador

Sure Alonso was dismissed. Vey funny. As if Dennis couldn’t use some cash for him. Not too mention it would put Santander in a very bad spotlight. They can’t just dismiss Alonso , very funny. He’s even a witness in a court case against McLaren. Firing him would mean he could sue and get even more money out of them.

Flying Dutchman, Amsterdam,

The Spygate saga was just tosh. If McLaren got any useful data (which I doubt) it would have been too late to apply it to their car and make any serious difference. It was Ferrari playing their usual games, but this time they have seriously damaged a competitor. A great shame.

Alonso's behaviour was appaling and he has done himself serius harm. I applaud Dennis for dumping him. A good clear decision. Be in no doubt, Hamilton is a tough and first rate driver. Like him or not, and I'm not mad about him, he will be stupendous next year. They will put De La Rosa or Gary Paffet alongside him and he will lead the team to consecutive championships.

Good luck to McLaren. As an assiduous Williams fan, I admire Ron greatly for his strength this year. Ferrari? They can go hang.

Richard Williams, London, Gr London

Alonso doesnt need to worry, as he will be courted by many teams because of his enormous talent, particularly his technical appreciation.I think Ron Dennis's letting him leave is just another in a long list of mistakes-thinking about it, F1 has two major dinosaurs, Dennis and Mosley.Both well past their sell-by dates, both with waning credibility.
Time to look for the retirment homes guys, and in Dennis's case " Quit while youre not ahead!"

Iain Chapman, Marciac, France

Alonso has got his just deserts for showing such disloyalty to his team.Hope he is left out in the cold and festers.As for Mc Claren cheating have ferrari not been caught doing the same in the 1st race this season?We all know there is a bias in ferraris favour from the FIA.You can see that from the remarks of a sour and bitter Max Mosley.This really says it all,about time he retired and let someone clean this disgraceful sport up.

RICHARD ELY, HENLEY, U.K

Alonso has left Mac Laren on his own will, everybody knows that.
I cannot believe you give false information.
Furthermore, I ´ve always thought that Times was a reliable paper.
I don´t understand you are allowed to write lies and non cross-cheked information.
Is just you? or is the paper´s policy?

David Sanchez, MAdrid, Spain

Now we come to the real dilemma. Who is going to decide the various and decisive settings on the MacClaren? It is a well known fact that 'wonderboy' had to use Alonso's settings on his car, in order to achieve what he did in the 2007 season. The driver who is going to get the 'number two' seat, has to be capable of setting up the car correctly for each circuit, for the 'number one', 'wonderboy'. Either that, or MacClaren are going to be behind the 'eight ball' all next season, using settings from the 2007 car that Alonso has kindly left them.

All this arises from the fact that Ron Dennis wants to prove to anyone and anybody in the World, that he personally, has backed Hamilton since the kid was in short trousers. Furthermore, Dennis's ego will not allow anyone (Alonso) or anything (Ferrari-gate), to stand in the way of Hamilton becoming World Champion, even to the detriment of the team and even the company as a whole.

Perhaps the Swiss National will meet reality in 2008.

R. P. Dixon., London,

"What is certain is that no team other than Ferrari or McLaren can offer the chance of a speedy return to the top of the podium."

It is true that Ferrari won this year and they also won for several years on end until 2004. This was interrupted for two years by Renault, not Mclaren.

Given that Mclaren have not been a serious contender for many years, and that this year Mclaren were handed down a record fine for copying the Ferrari, may I humbly suggest Renault or even the Japanese teams come donkeys years before the Mclaren, who wont even have Alonso next year (and hopefully no new Ferrari data)

Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan

A rubbish article,but it certainly brought the Spanish experts again.Amazing how they always know the "facts"where Alonso is concerned.Anyway,well done to McClaren for getting this whiner out of the team,and lets hope for a better season of "sport" next year.Although not a fan I certainly hope young Hamilton can ruffle a few feathers again,and give the established drivers a hard time.

Peter, Baguio, Philippines

The other day Mr. Ed Gorman suggested Mc Laren was interested on keeping Fernando as driver. Now, Kevin is saying Mr. Dennis wants him no longer. It looks like what it`s written right now makes nosense at all. It seems Brits prefer to look like they kick out Fernando instead of the real thing. NOT MUCH CREDIBILITY in these lines above.....

Capitan Araña, Getxo, spain

Kevin your article is so antialonso you should be sacked as a journalist working in a paper that looks for objectivity. Can you prove with facts that Alonso was sacked and that Hamilton breathed a sign of relief last night? is this the novel you always wanted to write but never got round to do.

Oliver, paris,

Who wrote this article? the office runner on his research week trial? bias, one sided, childish

Marco, Rome,

Has Kevin Eason been hired from the Sun? his style of writing is more tabloid than serious journalism.

Lara, London,

They had it so easy and they lost it so easy , now that's incompetence. Kevin your article sucks by the way.

Pierre, London,

Dear Kevin... Since Hungary, Alonso decided to quit this band of briton fans named McLaren... So I am really surprised with your opinion regarding the meeting at Woking... In fact, Alonso sent his manager and lawyer to break the contract without paying any penalty... And they did it... But running another year against McLaren team sitting on a McLaren is something Fernando is not used to do... He will have more chances to win another WC in any other team than McLaren... But we know that if you noticed sadness on their expressions, do not get confused... And we are convince that without the spaniard on the briton team, the wonder boy will drive faster, safer and happier... ja,ja,ja.. So we will all enjoy next season with this decision...

Jose F. Tomas, Majadahonda, Madrid

Congratulations, Fernando from being dismissed by Ron for your disloyalty to the team. If I were you, I would be very proud of such a dismissal by convicted cheaters. I hope the best for Ron on legal charges In Italy. I hope that he doesn't serve time in prison.

One thing is certain: Being part of McLaren team this year is nothing you can be proud of. Fernando I am glad that you are not longer part of this CLUB OF GENTLEMEN.

Carlos Omenaca, Miami, FL, USA

Thank goodness he has gone. If he does not get a new drive then we can look forward to next season without his sour face and lack of sportsmanship.

Ron, Bedford, U.K.