Amid the speculation that Daniel Ricciardo will be driving a widebody RB10 for Red Bull Racing next year comes this obscure tweet from Fernando Alonso:
I have important news coming these days … Stay tuned here on Twitter and on the Web.. !!!
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) September 1, 2013
We wonder, is he trolling? His Ferrari contract ties him to Maranello until the end of the 2016 season, although we note contracts can be broken if both parties agree.
So, could Fernando really be heading to Red Bull or is he just announcing he’s got a new shampoo sponsor, or something?
[Pic: Ferrari]
UPDATE: Turns out Alonso has bought the licence of the failed pro cycling team Euskaltel. [Source | Thanks to Ryan for the tip]
7 replies on “Is Fernando trolling Daniel?”
While I hope Daniel gets the gig at RBR, the soap opera of an Alonso-Vettel pairing would be sensational. World championship quality tantrums at the ready!
Gucci handbags at 50 paces.
He could be getting engaged?
He’s bought a bloody cycling team, Euskaltel.
Really, who cares, haha.
Damn. You beat me to it.
Who cares? Most of Western Europe…
He’s saving the team from the jaws of recession…They’re a perennially strong team of Basque climbers.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/f1-star-fernando-alonso-to-take-over-euskaltel
Well done to Fernando and his sponsors for showing his true colours as a devotee of sport.
Hopefully we’ll see him coming to Adelaide in January for their first race under new ownership at the Tour Down Under – an event attended by more journalists than Bernie’s over-blinged go kart race in the parklands (part of which has been rebuilt as a cycling track) ever attracted.
Ferrari FF as the team cars with bikes on top?