Since events in Budapest three weeks ago, Alonso has been linked with a move back to Renault - for whom he won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006 - as well as BMW Sauber. FoxSports
McLaren felt the brunt on the tension and rivalry between their drivers in qualifying for the Hungarian GP where first Lewis Hamilton refused to let Alonso passed on the track and then Alonso held up Hamilton in the pits.
Only Alonso, though, was penalised as the Spaniard was sent back five places on the grid for his actions and McLaren were barred from scoring Constructors’ Championship points by the race stewards. SportingLife
The invitation was in the hope of ‘smoothing tensions’ left over from the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying debacle and arriving at a ‘pact for peaceful coexistence from now until the end of the season.’
Alonso, though, ‘declined’ the offer, opting to stick to his original holiday plans.
And the Spaniard’s snub could be the final blow that ends his stay at the McLaren team. SportingLife
Mercedes boss Norbert Haug has once again insisted that Fernando Alonso is not leaving McLaren at the end of the season. “There is a contract. And in Hungary, without anyone asking for it, he confirmed to me verbally that he will fulfill it,” Haug told AS. Planet-F1
Michael Schumacher’s manager says Fernando Alonso has reacted badly to the situation at McLaren this season. FlagWorld
A French newspaper has scooped the F1 world by revealing Fernando Alonso’s future eomployer. The economic supplement to Le Figaro of August 17 reported changes at the top of the flight test team at Airbus, which is currently launching its new double-decker A380. GrandPrix.com
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