Nando is under the thumb
When asked during a press conference at this weekend’s Hungarian GP whether he would consider joining the ex-F1 Drivers’ Club when he retires, Fernando Alonso replied: “I will do whatever my wife wants. If it’s time to join the club, I will join. If she says no, then I won’t join.”
Raquel del Rosario - Nando’s wife - may look sweet and innocent, but it’s obvious who wears the trousers in the Alonso household.
Heikki Kovalainen, who was also taking part in the press conference, used the opportunity to take a pop at Alonso, who earlier in the week had slagged off McLaren, saying if he was still at the team he wouldn’t be allowed to win - much like Kovi.
On hearing Alonso’s reply, Kovalainen smiled and said: “For me it’s the opposite. If they ask me to join the club, I’ll make my decision whether my girlfriend is happy or not… I try to keep it that way, I think it’s better.”
Alonso chose not to reply: 1-0 to Heikki.
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4 responses so far
1 jelena // Aug 2, 2008 at 10:20 am
here it is.
Q: Fernando, could you clarify why you went to Lugano. Is it true that you are trying to transfer your home there? And for all of you: where are you going to go in the holiday break and are you going to go to Beijing to see the Olympic Games, and which is the sport that you will principally follow in the Olympics?
FA: I was in Lugano just for a little holiday. I was there for three days……..bla bla…………..I won’t be going to Lugano any more in the break, of course, not to Italy. We will see. I have nothing planned. At the moment I will go to Switzerland for a few days - I have no idea. But I think my wife will decide… unfortunately!
HK: I think I will go - and this is probably the only time apart from Christmas – I will go to north Finland to see my parents…………………..In my family I make decisions where I go, I don’t know what my girlfriend will do, but this is my holiday.
FA: You will see… wait two years!
HK: This is a team order in my team and I’m in the strong position this time. As for the Olympic Games, I’m definitely going to be watching a lot of it and I think that, as a Finn, the most interesting part will be the javelin competition. We have a guy who was World Champion last year, Tero Pitkamaki, and I’m going to try to support him especially, to take the gold medal. He has a great opportunity. We have a few other guys, other athletes who have a good opportunity to be successful but I’m very interested in athletics, and I watch all these Grands Prix meetings on television mostly. I will spend a lot of my time, and again, I might need to put team orders in place because my girlfriend might be watching something else.
Q: (Michael Trawniczek - Rally & More) My question is for all of you: I was at the Ennstal Classic last weekend, an old-timer rally, and there was a meeting of the former Formula One drivers’ club. There were names like Hans Herrmann and Sir Stirling Moss. Jochen Mass was voted as new president and he said that he wanted to make the club younger, to open it up for younger drivers. Do you recognise this club, can you imagine meeting your fellow drivers when you are 45 to go fishing or to watch the Monaco Grand Prix or something like that?
FA: I will do whatever my wife wants. If it’s time to join the club, I will join, if she says no, then I won’t join.
HK: For me it’s the opposite; if they ask me to join the club, I make my decision whether my girlfriend is happy or not. I try to keep it that way, I think it’s better.
2 jelena // Aug 2, 2008 at 10:20 am
ps: i LOVE raquel !!!
she and fernando look so happy together !
awwwww LOVE !
3 Soup // Aug 2, 2008 at 9:44 pm
whoever wrote this…you don’t really know much about Fernando and Heikki do you?! They are the closest of friends and they know exactly what they were saying to one another.
You must really not have anything better to do except slag Alonso off to any degree possible, and use wannabe website for it. What a sorry sight. Get a life, mate…
4 yuda prihantoro // Aug 3, 2008 at 5:50 am
fernando is the best driver