Soccer prediction Ex-engineer Alonso at McLaren: With proper support, we probably would have won the titles in 2007 and 2008

Mark Slade talks about Fernando Alonso`s missed chances.


Slade is Kevin Magnussen`s race engineer at Haas. The specialist has been working in Formula 1 since 1991 and has collaborated with Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen and other drivers. In 2007, Mark was Alonso`s engineer at McLaren. Then the two-time world champion lost to newcomer Lewis Hamilton on additional indicators and left the team. The title went to Raikkonen from Ferrari, and a year later Hamilton won the first championship.


Slade shared his views on the Spaniard and the friction at McLaren during that period.


It was great working with Fernando. He`s the Formula 1 terminator, isn`t he? Fernando never gives up, he is incredibly fast. Working with a driver who is desperate to win every race is fantastic.


To be honest, the problems were mainly internal to the team. The atmosphere was pretty bad. I think certain events happened that fueled the problems. I would say the situation could have been managed better. We just threw away the championship prediction by soccer articles in 2007.


I believe that with the right support from Fernando we probably would have won the titles in 2007 and 2008. Who knows how things would have turned out, but it is what it is. "I never had any problems with Fernando, I really enjoyed working with him, " the engineer admitted.






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