Where I personally feel for Alonso is : When he joined McLaren Mercedes Benz he without doubt felt :
a) He would be the top priority for the team . He had absolutely no doubt that the team would rally around him , all the resources would be harvested in earnest to make sure that his quest for the world championship was not hindered in the slightest . This was made even more convincing to him by his team with policies adopted at Australia , Malaysia and in particular Monte-Carlo .
So after showing signs of backing Alonso why did the team turn to Hamilton ? Alonso had not shown any signs of guttering his team at any point until Spa .
To me , the reasons are simple : They are very simply financial reasons . Hamilton is a rookie , he is black (yes this counts like hell and I am not racist , Bernie kept mentioning this) , he hails from Britain and he is extremely extremely good when it comes to market forces . Ron Dennis clearly saw the revenue Hamilton could generate for him in no time .
Note : It was Hamilton who used the words 'I have the number two on my car' .... I don't think there was any need for that statement at all . It was this spark that absolutely made sure the forest is set on fire . He calls back markers 'monkeys' . I can absolutely ensure to you that you would never hear a driver in red overalls uttering those words and if he did , he would be sent packing .
Then we came to the real weekend : Hungary : I was in awe of Alonso , I think it was jus
