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Fernando Alonso, in the absence of two weeks to the start of the World Formula 1, you know exactly where is his Renault. The single of the Asturian continues to lag behind the Ferrari and the McLarens despite its progression in this day has been growing and has been improving its tiempospoco by little.

Throughout the meeting had happened “red flags” that broke the progressions of the pilots. The first to cause a red flag was stopped by Lewis Hamilton at the end of the pit lane, “followed by Timo Glock to crashing against the wall and Sebastien Bourdais.

The “owner” McLaren will say goodbye to the races before the start of the World Cup 2008. The decision will be made official in the coming days in a press release, the first by Denis and later by the German car manufacturer Mercedes.

According to our sources, Ron Denis sold in this communiqué that the cessation is an end of an era and brand Mercedes accept it with regret and gratitude. Ultimately, pure theatre.

With the departure of Ron Denis of the team is podnrá end to 28 years of speed and great history of the team that put between a rock and a hard place to get to overcome the Ferrari in victories. But despite having created the second best team in the Formula 1 of the story from scratch, what happened last year calling for drastic changes straighten the image and the path of such a prestigious team.

In the afternoon session d elos first free workouts before the official start of the competition, the Briton Lewis Hamilton has overtaken the Ferrari stood first with a time of 1:22.276 to 1:22.428 front of Michael Schumacher who has run with Ferrari or Fernando Alonso of the 1:23.021 that this morning has excelled in moist soil.

The main task developed by Fernando Alonso throughout the session has been testing repostajes with its mechanics. However, tomorrow, at the second session when it is expected that Renault put all the stops and use the new features available for Australia to test its performance on the track prior to the first Grand Prix of the season to be held in Melbourne (Australia) next March 16th.

In the first of the last three sessions prior to the start of the 2008 season of Formula 1 Championship in the Circuit de Catalunya, Renault has taken a further step in its two pilots official position (Nelsinho Piquet and Fernando Alonso) ahead of its rivals McLaren and Ferrari in a wet morning.

Alonso led the entire meeting from start to finish proving to be unbeatable on wet asphalt and performed alongside her partner Piquet, refuelling exercises with all mechanical dressed in the clothes of the official French team.

Emphasize that the times were improved gradually throughout the morning as they dried the track and that this afternoon, if not rain again, can be further improved considerably with the track dry.

Tomorrow in the final test will take place in Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya, Reanult come with many new factory. The changes it is experiencing the R28 are directed by Fernando Alonso being manufactured by the car according to your wishes.

The legend of the track said that Fernando is almost an engineer able to move a car, and that, though it sounds fantastic, it should not be disposed of by land since several have been times when it has demonstrated that its developments are satisfactoiras.

At R28 is going to rear suspensions modified to incorporate the style of leadership of Fernando, who happens to be totally opposite of his teammate Nelsinho Piquet. The car will be more subvirador and tendirá to go straight into the curves and will be more difficult to drive, but much more effective if we manage to dominate over a full career.

We will wait and see if the changes introduced by the Asturian are optimal and allow the team win any race.

Pedro Martínez de la Rosa believes that Ferrari is not as far ahead of the McLaren team. According to Rose, the preseason continues on track and to single shown great reliability allowing them to be looking for the purest performance of the car.

The favorites are a priori Ferrari and McLaren, but this of Formula 1 next week could be another favorite team which is not yet on the other highlights such as Renault or BMW.

Regarding the GP of Australia, his team will go out for the victory and that any other option is not desired. However, wait to see developments with the different teams, as the “secret weapon” Renault is not surprised both because the French team often get very strong in Australia and does not preclude any progress that would allow them to fight for victory.

Fernando Alonso was heard by some in the media to tell his version of the current status of his team Renault. According to Alonso, “we are not able to do anything against McLaren, Ferrari and BMW-Sauber.”

The Renault are currently fighting in a second group formed by Williams, Red Bull and Renault. In Formula 1 are drásticosmuy changes very quickly, like become a pilot of the pile, said Alonso.

Despite the current situation was expected, Alonso is confident that his team suffers significant improvements over the season to be able to fight for some podium.

In reference to the facts of Montmeló and Lewis Hamilton, Alonso said that Spain “is not a racist country”, “people had disguised by Carnival and watch which was mounted. My dog called me and nobody came out in my support. I do not think that is necessary anti-racism campaign that wants to organize FIA from GP of Spain in Montmeló”.

Ferrari marked the second day he walked in the training free of the Circuit de Catalunya. The times were marked by intermittent rain that prevented the pilots used to fund.

The best time was of Felipe Massa, followed by Mark Webber and the third being the fitting of Ferrari, Luca Badoer. Alonso was fifth to more than one second of Massa.

The big absentee was, again, the McLaren team who preferred not to shoot because of the bad weather conditions that did not prevent more than 2,000 people approached the Catalan circuit to enjoy a day of Formula 1.

The Renault team are perplexed by the information that came out a couple of weeks ago about the secret wing in the form of “W” that would earn up 3 tenths back.

Within the Spanish pilot Fernando Alonso and the team say they know nothing about this “rumor” cataloging “media invention” to capture the attention of fans.

The team noted that the French team in the form of “Ñ” would be a touch more peculiar Spanish and the alleged secret wing tone of humor, but not the first time they would use a wing in the form of “W” since in 1994 was used by Ayrton Senna in his first three races until the tragic accident that took his life.

Let us hope that Formula 1 is not as cyclical as to events.

The first day of training at the Circuit de Catalunya has been disrupted by the rain that has caused changes in the plans of different teams that were prepared.

The R28 has shown to behave properly on wet and because of the cap kilometre that have equipment for the training of 30,000 kms., Alonso has preferred to reserve for Wednesday, although it is expected weather similar to that of today.

These trainings in Montmeló are almost crucial to the teams for the first Grand Prix of the season in Australia, where it can demonstrate that the situation is regarding his rivals, although it is expected that all teams set aside without trying to launch details in the first workouts of the season.