| Ferrari: Alonso signing would be damaging
Ferrari: Alonso signing would be damaging
Eurosport - Tue, 22 Apr 12:21:00 2008
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said he does not want to sign double world champion Fernando Alonso to the Formula One team, believing such a move would be "damaging".
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Alonso has denied that he has an escape clause in his contract with struggling Renault that would allow him to leave at the end of the season, although he also voiced his admiration for the Scuderia.
However Di Montezemolo does not want to partner him with current world champion Kimi Raikkonen in a 'dream team' line-up.
"To line up a Raikkonen-Alonso double act would mean wanting to damage yourself," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I want two equal drivers that work together."
The Spaniard moved from Renault, where he won both his titles, to McLaren for one season in 2007 and spent much of the year at loggerheads with promising rookie Lewis Hamilton as they fought with Finn Raikkonen for the world drivers' crown.
He has not been happy with the R28's performance this season and was widely applauded for winning a total of six points from the opening three races.
Raikkonen leads again from BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, with Briton Hamilton third.
Di Montezemolo added that he intends to spend more time with Ferrari after leaving his role at the head of Italy's industry body.
The European leg of the F1 season begins this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
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