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Alonso not cause of Ferrari slump – press

Leading members of the Italian media have played down Niki Lauda's suggestion that Fernando Alonso was a real cause of the Ferrari slump. F1 legend and former Ferrari driver Lauda, now the outspoken team chairman at Mercedes, had in China slammed Spaniard Alonso as 'selfish, moody and negative'. Alonso's Maranello exit has coincided with a major boost in form for the fabled team, while the 33-year-old's new employer McLaren-Honda is struggling. Lauda told La Repubblica: 'The changes (at Ferrari) have brought fresh impetus. In sport you cannot seek perfection, only functionality — and now Ferrari works.' But Pino Allievi, the doyen of F1's Italian press contingent, sees it slightly...
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