Briatore: Top two teams could tempt Alonso
Dec.4 - Fernando Alonso will return to formula one "if Mercedes or Ferrari" come knocking.
That is the view of Flavio Briatore, the former F1 team boss, who is still involved with the retiring Alonso's management.
Spanish sports newspapers quote the Italian as saying: "If there is an offer from Mercedes or Ferrari, would he come back? I think so.
"I cannot know, but in a fantasy market, I think so," Briatore added.
He said those top two F1 teams are the only ones that could tempt Alonso back to a sport that clearly frustrated the 37-year-old in the end.
"There are only two teams. The only other solutions are to finish fourth, fifth or sixth," said Briatore.
"I think with the talent he has, you put him in the right car and he could still be the strongest driver along with Hamilton.
"We will see what happens in a few months or a year," he added.
"He wants a rest, and I think after so many years many like Prost did it as well. Now he needs a period of relaxation.
"He had frustrating years with a ridiculous performance by McLaren but Fernando always behaved impeccably and drove beyond the highest level," said Briatore.
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Much as I have tired of the media pandering to Alonso, almost giving Hamilton run for his money, I found this fact very interesting, not to say amazing:
"....3. Just 11 more points would have made him a five-time world champion
Alonso could have beaten Lewis Hamilton to become the third driver to take five world championships – behind Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher – had he taken just a handful more points in his career. Two more in 2007 would have seen him crowned ahead of Kimi Raikkonen – finishing sixth instead of seventh in both Canada and France with the points system in use that year would have done it – while five more points in 2010, and four more in 2012, would have reduced Sebastian Vettel to being a two-time world champion...."
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